1.   Every day the Russian tanks were getting nearer to Berlin.

2.   The footsteps were getting nearer and from the sound of it there were at least a dozen men.

3.   The noises got nearer and shapes became clearer - horses pulling a long wagon train.

4.   We changed our course when we got nearer, and went Over for a look-see.

5.   As ovulation gets nearer, oestrogen levels rise.

6.   As it got nearer, the white face of the pilot shone in the glow from his instruments and he waggled the wings in greeting.

7.   The noises got nearer and shapes became clearer -- horses pulling a long wagon train.

8.   You get nearer to the baskets.

9.   Finally the M forty is getting nearer.

10.   And, like the other Europeans, Germany faces pressure to maintain fiscal discipline as the planned introduction of a single currency gets nearer.