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1. "Don't need it," Herndon said, "these berries melt just as well and taste close enough to it
2. He was hesitant, he didn't know how close he could get to this ghoulish monstrosity
3. frame and hang them behind the microwave or on a close wall
4. Z lives close to here…”
5. “Christ! One this close to the bar?”
6. His curiosity had to be satisfied, it was getting loud and close
7. She and Yorthops had grown remarkably close in these two local years
8. Micah’s dad would sit Indian-style in his room, leaning in close to the TV
9. With that Instinct on her side she was safe to dare get as close to him as he allowed
10. "But what would she want with an iron a year? She was on a nice passenger ship when we met, that voyage was close to copper by the time all was said and done
11. They were well down into the central parts of the main canals now, close to the Kassikan, though she could not see even a shadow of the pyramid from here
12. She was dressed for the Nightday chill and held her cup close
13. close walk with God, know that you not the only one who
14. Johnny and Ackers were standing beside her, but Nancy couldn’t help thinking that they were all in danger just for being this close to the group, which was currently sparring with a robotic army and, as far as Nancy could tell, each other
15. They took on another load of fuel in the freezing air, stopped for a couple bowls of fish diddle from a cook with a nice warm fire that she huddled close to, clutching her nightcoat tightly
16. The blades were very close to Nancy, she could feel the air whoosh by as they passed near her through the spinning arc of the attack pattern
17. “Did you see how close that came to me?” he asked, but no one was listening
18. “I’m not kidding, it was really close
19. They meet fellow-devotees and withdraw from an interest in worldly matters, except those of the family and close relations
20. Our engagements after retirement lead to interactions with different kinds of persons, such as immediate family members, near relatives, close friends, old acquaintances and new contacts
21. He could have been close, just waiting for the details from the map
22. The Operator pulled the Chip back toward himself and held it close, not sure what he was going to do to effectively guard it
23. He was too close, and they were scrambling all over each other, which helped make their laser rifles practically useless against Big Petey
24. ‘We were extremely close friends
25. ‘Like you did with me … little miss innocent …’ he said, glaring at me, his face close to mine
26. The first stage of counseling is to develop a working relationship, except in the case of close relations
27. In counseling the close relatives and friends; one is usually spontaneous in giving as well as accepting the advice and to some extent can be insisted upon
28. When one of the workers got too close, Scar couldn’t help snarling at it to keep its distance
29. Scar continued to walk toward the throne and the androids continued to close in on him
30. Low foundation walls that allow close to the earth to wood contact are the main areas to look out for as these are prime conditions for the termites to enter the house
31. She moved as close to him as the beasts would get and put her hand out to him
32. Truly, you are a creature close to God
33. She remembered Alan telling Glenelle how close to nature he felt when he lit a fire, that was when he began to hope that he could survive on this planet
34. 500 watts is applied to the house thru a funneled device the size of a toaster oven setup on a tripod close to the wall
35. "They should get close to the fire with us
36. Disinheriting a close family member? State your reason
37. That was about as close as it approached while sitting on the ground a few miles from the equator
38. "Herndon; I've had a geosynchronous out there since 2267, its still operational," Ava in heaven said, "I have all the probes that can pick up its signature in close orbit, no point on the surface will be out of sight for much more than an hour at a time
39. ’ I suggested, my face close to his
40. He rocked close enough so that Peter could see his liver spots
41. You told me that you were really close … what if he couldn’t handle the breakdown of relations between you? If then the marriage/family thing went up the creek, that could have pushed him over the edge
42. They are passing close enough to the planet to use its gravity, so they will have an excellent opportunity to witness a major impact on a terrestrial planet
43. Jewish leaders called the speech “a step backward” and were disappointed by the Vatican’s anti-Semitism, believing that this speech will cause some Jews to close dialogue with the Catholic Church
44. in every stitch the embodiment of everything that he could never be close to in the
45. Gradually the close horizons of his little working world
46. The application of the mind, or the paying of close attention to the object chosen for concentration
47. In it you are so close to God that you don't need to say a thing--it is just great to be together
48. still-upset Clarisse close to him, gently takes the knife away from her, drops it onto the balcony
49. For Dan and Jen, the evening was drawing towards its inevitable close and
50. I shake my head as he rushes into his study … oh Stephen, Stephen, you do wear your heart on your sleeve! Chuckling, I take myself out of earshot … it would be far too tempting to listen in and Stephen didn’t close the study door properly
1. I don’t want you to explain to them the next time you are having an argument, that they are being defensive, being argumentative and being closed minded
2. Pick a bird house that allows enough room for the snails to enter, and one that has a lid that can be opened and closed
3. Henry knocked weakly on the closed door of the conference room
4. James closed his jaundiced eyes, perhaps for the last time
5. After that, he closed the blinds and stopped looking out the window
6. His grip was crushing Brandon's shoulders and the others closed in on him
7. Senior Citizens who meet a wider cross-section of people are more likely to have healthy relationships than those who move in a closed circle
8. He closed his eyes and prayed for a quick death
9. Johnny rushed into his room, shoving the door closed behind him
10. “I just hope I’ll be able to find it after,” he said to himself as he closed the closet door
11. ’ He repeated, before turning and letting himself out, yanking the door closed firmly behind him
12. Ackers closed his fist tightly again, his resolve strengthened
13. " and he closed the phone and put it away
14. Zitteraal looks back once more at the comatose patient, John West, lying in bed with his eyes closed
15. Upon seeing the eyes of the little beast, Topher whipped the door into a closed position, silencing the violent wind, though the child’s greedy finger, writhing like a serpent, burrowed its way into his thoughts
16. Travis closed his eyes and waited for the pain to begin
17. "I was informed that the morgue was closed for the night
18. She nodded and closed her eyes for a
19. ‘You didn’t notice it this morning when you got in?’ he asked, a closed expression on his face
20. He closed his eyes and stopped his ears for a moment, but nothing changed when he
21. jaws closed on his windpipe to crush and splinter his neck
22. They hadn't spoken to him since the initial investigation was closed
23. She closed the airlock's doors and found they both still worked on the automatics, though the outer door's mechanism made alarming vibrations
24. that was just closed for being a
25. you have closed the way to disease and other curses of this world into my life
26. " She said as she closed in
27. His bedroom door is closed giving me no hint of where he might be … oh well, I’ll just have to contain myself in patience
28. ’ Stephen said, reaching out with one foot to push the door closed behind him
29. He went cold as he looked into Joshua's face and his vision closed into a dark tunnel
30. "The man said he was closed, so he's closed
31. wrought iron runners, closed against the light of real wax candles guttering on stone
32. ” Jesus closed his life on the cross by
33. was among those with closed mouths
34. The external airlock doors closed in his face
35. He closed that panel before Jaseem entered the room
36. It was only later, wrapped in permanent night, that I asked the big questions of a closed and brooding door
37. He closed the door leaving just enough light so that I could see to strip off my old clothes and put on the new
38. He lost sight of her when the meter-thick radiation shield meant to protect the breaching ship’s bridge closed over the dome and made him feel like a peeping tom
39. "Jaseem, I took a solemn oath," he said and closed the screen
40. He comes in and pulls the door closed behind him
41. Just before they closed the compartment The Kid leaned in and taped over my mouth
42. After he’s gone, I stand looking at the closed door … I didn’t imagine this, did I? He was actually here … wasn’t he?
43. I should have jumped up and run around the room once the door closed but I was too exhausted to summon up the energy
44. Just before he closed the door he spun round and fixed Menachem with a long, hard stare
45. With that he closed the door and locked us in
46. Menachem and I nursed each other through the dull, closed days of January, meeting Aban and the increasingly skittish Beniamin at the whim of our guards
47. After he had driven his black beauty of a car out onto the lane and closed the back gate, she took a tin of something fishy out of the under sink cupboard , sat down in one of her rickety old kitchen chairs, the one next to the gently warming range, and poured herself a thick measure of her favourite Scotch
48. Kara closed her eyes … she’d been in London … Doris fussing about taxis … then she’d got on the train at Paddington and arrived some hours later exhilarated by her journey, head stuffed with images of this England so different from her own … Taunton, she’d gone to Taunton
49. She placed her hands on Stu’s eyelids and gently closed them while whispering sweet incantations
50. She closed her eyes, forcing her memory back … ‘I had lunch at the hotel … yes, that’s right
1. Daniel opens and closes its mouth against his father’s neck and cries a low, sad moan
2. The door closes with a finality which makes my eyes prick with tears
3. Comatose John gives John a big wink, lays his head back down and closes his eyes
4. He shakes his head in confusion, slowly closes the door
5. He closes his eyes
6. John looks at his phone, sees who it is, closes his eyes, sighs
7. He walks over slowly and closes the window, comes over to John, takes his pulse, makes a notation
8. Russ closes the binder, waves his hand dismissively
9. He closes the door
10. Bolt rattles his head in assent, grins, takes the hose emanating from the hooka, closes his eyes, puts the mouthpiece between his lips and takes a huge drag
11. She lies back against the sofa cushions and closes her eyes for a moment
12. He closes his eyes to hash out his inner chaos
13. Apollo holds it out and closes his eyes filling it with a clear liquid
14. “After the bakery closes
15. He closes his eyes for a long moment, pulling himself together
16. Dexterously, he closes the door with one foot and advances towards me smiling
17. Together we stand on the rock, he confident – me slightly wary; taking my hand, he closes his eyes and begins a quiet but compelling chant
18. As the door closes behind them, Alastair reaches across and puts his hand over mine
19. ’ He closes his file of papers and settles down to have a chat
20. “Now listen carefully Alexei, when the door closes behind you, stay there
21. I watch as he closes everything down and packs my new machine into its carry case
22. It warps thru at least two more dimensions and closes back on itself in layers of common time, as well as branches in time at key events in human history
23. 'So what's his name, Sarah?' Bill asked as Graham closes the door behind him as he goes off in search of caffeine
24. cause: it closes the perspective that there are many good things in it
25. I step into the hall; Dave closes the door behind me and wraps his arms around me
26. He should see it there … that done, she settles down again, rolling the name round in her head, and closes her eyes
27. Registering the look on her face, he immediately closes the book and leaps to his feet
28. Ted closes the door to his bed-sit, puts the key in his bathrobe pocket and slips across the landing linoleum
29. Billy closes his eyes and swallows
30. The shorter of the two men screws up his eyes and closes in on the intruder
31. She turns off the bedside lamp and closes her eyes
32. She closes her eyes as he bends his head forward and kisses her on the lips
33. He closes the driver's door gently and hits the remote
34. As Billy closes in he is vaguely aware of a woman's voice
35. For a long moment, we look at each other saying with our eyes the things we cannot express any other way in public, then he closes the car door and stands back as I start the car
36. when the door closes there will be no
37. The last one in closes the boot
38. The dark cave closes,
39. A hand closes down on hers
40. She doesn’t look up at the sound of the FRONT DOOR as it OPENS then CLOSES
41. closes the door for it was to be a very private
42. Arlan closes his eyes and listened again, carefully
43. She said, “The office is closing”, where upon she laughed and added, “Don’t worry, Security never closes, this is just the Administrative Office
44. "I've told the doctor about this," said Danielle, "but she closes her ears and tells me it was tested on dogs and rabbits, not chimpanzees
45. When she closes her legs, no amount of preaching will make her open her legs again
46. Gladwell closes with the need to change our education
47. There are several types of Closes, including:
48. Examples of alternative closes are:
49. Four touches my shoulder to guide me into the room and closes the door behind me
50. ” He closes his eyes
1. They were already out the door, its closing echoed in the public corridor
2. Rain water harvesting, cleaning of small tanks before rainy season, closing of running taps, not allowing drawing of water directly from mains through electric motor, recycling water for WCs etc are some of the areas where we can generate awareness and guide others to act
3. On a closing note, there are instances, where the law will hold supreme over and above your will
4. ’ he said, lying back in the chair and closing his eyes
5. notion of closing my eyes for an hour during the day still worked after a fashion, but it
6. With the closing in of the day the air filled with the gentle aromas
7. I stand at the gates and watch her drive out just after ten, carefully closing them behind her and setting the alarm as Stephen told me to
8. Closing my eyes, I let loose of the ball in the general direction of the plate, hoping for the best
9. ’ He said, closing his eyes for a second
10. ’ She said looking less tense and half closing her eyes
11. I’ve got eyes on a baker’s dozen closing from mostly your 8 and 2 o’clock
12. "Is that right?" Bahkmar said, closing his screens and turning to him
13. Conclusion means the last or closing part of something and in part this is true with
14. I’m sure he smiled at me before closing and then locking the door
15. While an already crackling Tipperary settled in position just 2Ks from the point in the vacuum where she would breach space, Jordo zoomed in with his flight helmet and interrogated the closing alien warships one more time
16. Through it all, as the jars and the jolts and the rolling corners sent jagged sparks circulating through my nerve endings, I groaned and tried to blot the world out by closing my eyes, by willing myself into coma
17. I heard odd scufflings and the opening and closing of doors, assuming that it was my guards moving about my new and as yet undiscovered home
18. Stepping into the hall and closing the door behind him, he reaches out and puts his arms around me without saying a word
19. "Yes?" he replied, quickly closing all the screens he'd had up
20. I listened dumbly to the sound of receding footsteps and the soft snick of a door closing and being locked
21. Closing her eyes, fighting against the sharp disinfectant smell of the hospital, she forced herself to picture the interior of the bus … nauseating diesel fumes … a dingy, well used fabric covering the seats, chipped and faded paint on the accoutrements of metal … or was it plastic? She found it hard to tell sometimes … she heard again the chatter and laughter of the young people as they swayed along the aisle towards the door as the vehicle approached the bus stop
22. She watched as the Inspector left the room, closing the door behind him, and relaxed
23. The other wolves also began closing in on Son and his horse, anticipating
24. ’ He commented, closing the door of the machine and setting it going
25. Closing of the Chapel
26. with the closing of the hours
27. Definition fades with the closing in
28. closing the sun dappled skies,
29. closing, shutting out the sky,
30. They went around turning off the gas, and closing up the school
31. He takes away the tray, deftly closing the door behind him with a quick twist of his foot, and I leap into action … at least that is the intention
32. After closing prayers, the excited congregation burst into the sunlight and made a dignified dash for the village hall
33. After his speech there were a few more closing mantras, followed by two
34. My boss, brave man that he is, comes into my office late in the afternoon, closing the door behind him, he goes straight into the attack,
35. Death certificates were signed and lodged with the appropriate authorities, funeral arrangements planned and paid for, paperwork sorted and solicitors engaged to deal with the minutiae of closing down a life
36. In making her offer, which seemed at face value to be a kindness, she knew perfectly well that Ken would go and that he would stay in the pub until closing time
37. “I was put in a simulation that explains all of it, your signals, Yellelle, the ‘enemy ship’ that was closing with us
38. For the last few weeks he had shut out the sounds of life, preferring the solitude of personal contemplation to the banality of human contact, but here in the soft tawny light of the lounge bar at the Red Lion those trivial voices broke through on the back of an ethereal sub tone that slowly built up throughout the evening until, towards closing time, Ken realised that he was listening to the same song being played over and over again on the jukebox
39. Lord Tarak received Queen Naria’s message on the morning he was closing up his Hold and about to leave for the Ohmu Forest
40. ' I replied, closing my eyes and remembering the look in his eyes across the office this morning
41. the sled and pulled it into the house closing the door quickly
42. deal with the minutiae of closing down a life
43. ’ Dave said, closing the door behind him as he comes into the room, ‘I saw your coat but couldn’t find you
44. the pub until closing time
45. their only son, in the closing stages of the War
46. ‘All done?’ he asked, closing the newspaper and standing up
47. With that, Bill swept out of the office, closing the door firmly behind him
48. “I am the one who led the movement for closing the Portal and stopping the hunts, and doing away with Jade Bears
49. The closing down of the Cascarino Empire means that an end is coming, but Davie has never been quite sure whether his glass is half full or half empty
50. The forest was closing in, and its thick undergrowth