1.   She rushed to close the window when she heard the rain.

2.   His mother rushed to close the windows and ordered the children to drop to the floor.

3.   Crewmembers rushed to close compartments and the North Carolina stayed on duty, even as other torpedoes sank the carrier Wasp and hit a destroyer in the same convoy.

4.   However, after the FSA order, depositors rushed to close their accounts, making fund-raising impossible, Tokyo Sowa said.

5.   Nasser Amin, secretary general of the Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and Lawyers, said the court rushed to close the case.

6.   The group was saved by two accordion-style room dividers that people rushed to close as the wave hit.

7.   With air pressure dropping and oxygen pouring out, the crew rushed to close the hatch connecting Spektr to the rest of the station.