1.   His daughter stayed close to me to make sure that nobody hurt me.

2.   His natural inclination is to stay as close to the slope as possible, because it feels safer and more secure.

3.   I tend to stay close to people who can tell me things I like knowing.

4.   It can leave the Tower if driven out in this way, but it must stay close to the outside walls.

5.   Staying close to the wooden wall, he crept along between the shed and the hedge.

6.   They stayed close, hung around to the end and absorbed another painful defeat.

7.   While the eggs are hatching the mother bird stays close to the nest.

8.   He told me to stay close as we walked through the crowd.

9.   The human soul, it seems, needs to stay close to its roots.

10.   I was keen to stay close to Harvey while he made preparations for the dispatch of this agent, but Harvey left the flat before breakfast.