11.   Joe and Chip became acquainted through club functions and developed a close friendship.

12.   Learning to play with other children and to form close friendships with some of them is a vital part of growing up.

13.   Likewise, close friendships sometimes alter when one friend retires - and not the other.

14.   On returning to Boston, she formed a close friendship with her aunt.

15.   The two have a fairly close friendship and similar musical tastes.

16.   However, I still have old close friendships as well as blossoming friendships amongst new women friends.

17.   Now he says it will be some time before he gets over the incident which wrecked a close friendship.

18.   Amazingly, in the midst of intense competition, a close friendship developed.

19.   America, which has pushed hard for the Agra summit to take place, has enthralled it with the offer of close friendship.

20.   And although Checketts, Grunfeld and Riley worked closely, Riley is a private person who did not have a close friendship with either Checketts or Grunfeld.