Too much time spent close to her mother, he thought.

In the course of the year, each side has spent close to $60 million on the case.

We spend on K-through-12 programs pretty close to $5 million a year.

We spent, in the first three or four years, close to £2bn.

He spent close to a glass just thinking about how to word questions for the chief factor.

Some 63,885 people had visited the city and spent close to $3.2 million.

I spent close to nine years in prison, got to know people well who are there.

He nearly died, and spent close to two months in intensive care.

The Mayor spent close to three hours in the two camps.

Today, families spend something close to 12 percent of income on food, for example, not one-third.