1.   The sound of gunfire and explosions grew closer.

2.   With the collapse of the US peace plan, PLO relations with Iraq grew ever closer.

3.   The affinity between the fellow craftsmen at work on great buildings grew closer during the Gothic period.

4.   The grimy blots grew closer and bigger, sudden thunderclaps made visible, and hurled the little planes from side to side.

5.   Is it reported as saying Britain grows closer to Saudi Arabia?

6.   And when Levy moved to Washington to intern for the Bureau of Prisons last fall, the two women grew even closer.

7.   As Krause grew closer to Floyd, his relationship with Phil Jackson deteriorated.

8.   As the press ratchets up its criticism of him and keeps writing about friction between Mantle and Maris, they actually grow closer.

9.   As the pigs grow closer to vile humans in their lust for riches and power, Squealer takes to wearing a monocle on a green ribbon.