Sentence examples for like close to from inspiring English sources

"If Congress is in session, they're supposed to be, you know, somewhere, like, close to the Capitol".

So they end up drilling wells even in places where the damage can be horrific, like close to a shoreline.

I want to know what the vibe is like close to midnight (the show is open till midnight six days a week).

The man - big belly, braces (trouser button type, not teeth) - sitting next to me on the train has been speaking loudly, in Spanish, into his mobile phone for what seems like close to a week.

Although it is blindingly obvious that Pietersen was the best chance of driving them anything like close to the target, they would not wish to be seen as pulling in their horns thereafter.

"It now looks like close to half a million people came to London to express their peaceful but powerful opposition to the government's deep, rapid and unfair spending cuts.

Various shades of brown in colour, the fruit body grows up to 6 cm (2.4 in) high and has a funnel-shaped cap up to 12 cm (5 in) wide with a distinctive inrolled rim and decurrent gills that may be pore-like close to the stipe.

"I'm of the camp that I really like getting close to people that I photograph".

We'd also like something close to an American veto on those prisoners' release.

He also likes being close to home.

She likes being close to all the stores she needs.