1.   She and Linda became very close.

2.   Many women are unable to get beyond this sequence, finding It so graphic that the act of watching it becomes close to an act of violation in itself.

3.   Although he and I had become very close at the time of his death, our relationship was very strained over the years.

4.   And although Slater said he and Youngblood never became particularly close, they did form a strong friendship based upon respect.

5.   Another man who joined the same day was Terry Nichols, who would become so close a friend that McVeigh told people Nichols was his cousin.

6.   As a football player, Kemp became close to people who, as he was fond of noting, most Republicans never associated with.

7.   As a young investment banker, Altman became very close to Peter G. Peterson, chairman of Lehman Brothers.

8.   As a boy, Balthus moved to Switzerland with his brother, Pierre, and his mother, who had separated from his father and become close to Rilke.

9.   As Japan and the United States have become increasingly hostile to the North Korean government, relations with Russia have become close.

10.   Because I became very close to Anthony Minghella, who made the film, I had no problems with it.