Object

• gap: Perry was soon past into 2nd place and immediately began to close the gap on Davis.

• door: Turn the ignition off, and close the doors and rear hatch.

• loophole: The law is currently undergoing revision to close a rather strange loophole.

• window: Click on the OK button to close the Bibliographic data window.

Converse of object

• locate: Both are centrally located close to the Frejus lift.

Preposition: at

• midnight: But decide quickly- lines close at midnight on Tuesday 23rd May.

Adjective modifier

• located: So we stopped into the Turks Head located close to the ruins.

Modifies a noun

• proximity: ICT businesses need flexible working space in close proximity to research partners.

• friend: A close friend of Stephen would be a marked man in the city.

• collaboration: Projects will be assigned in close collaboration with industrial partners.

• relationship: The section clearly has a close relationship to the power of a court to punish for contempt.

• ty: Mercifully the suggestion that a move toward the heart of the academy is inconsistent with close ties to the legal profession is quite unfounded.

• relative: Visiting We allow close relatives of patients to visit 24 hours a day.

Used with adjective complement

• come: Perhaps only Richard Hawley, when he's debating the finer points of local planning policy, comes close.

Followed by a transitive particle

• down: They remained close down the reach, with both crews desperate to win.

Possessives

• choosing: You can close a heading by selecting it again, or by choosing ' close ' at the bottom of each section.

Infinitive complement

• zero: For the angles, put your rear foot on at as close to zero as you can without having toe over hang.