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It looked like a woman, but he never imagined that it could be his wife until she came close and he saw it was less.

Sunderland came close to signing Johnson a year ago, before City swooped in and made a more lucrative offer to Middlesbrough.

But when he came close, and without knowing why he did it, he made on his breast the sign of the Cross, and called upon the holy name.

Tonight he had trouble finding his way and several times came close to be lost.

Yes, Arjen Robben twice came close, and there were a couple of headers, but if I were Jose Mourinho, I would be getting a little worried.

For a while it was such a drain on News Corporation that the parent company came close to bankruptcy.

Bear had been the only big firm that refused to help out Long-Term Capital Management, a hedge fund that came close to the brink in 1998.

Actually, when you think about it, George W. Bush was president for eight years, and he never came close to spending 100 days in the office.

The Lion came close and looked down into the water, -- and a lion's face looked back at him out of the water!

Few even came close, but one dad picked up his son, hefted him in his hands, and gave me the precise weight, right down to the ounces.

(Girlfriends no pros) And I have came close a few times to giving it all up and marrying one of my dream girls.

So the Treasury must designate China (and a few others) as a manipulator, as Mr Obama came close to doing publicly after Seoul.

he came close to her , looking at her in a dazed way as if he believed she was part of a dream.

One client, a Wall Street investment bank, fell victim to a corrupt main database and came close to being unable to trade.

Wife: I suppose you know I came close to marrying Jim before I married you.

Between 1970 and 1973 the U. S. Congress came close to passing two bills that would have greatly restricted imports into the United States.

All this, he admitted, came close to anarchism. Yet at its base was something different.

In the 1950s, Minoru Yamasaki began to experience bleeding in his stomach. He came close to dying.

When he got to the first corner of the bell tower, I came close to him.

Mr Abbas came close to agreement with Ehud Olmert, a former Israeli leader, at least on borders.

The thief came close to him and stole the money from his pocket.

The midfielder also came close to winning the game for the Gunners when he hit a post with a curling shot from outside the penalty area.

He came close to the painter and looked steadfastly into his stern eyes.

It came close to where the boy sat and suddenly bleated aloud, and the child started up and screamed.

Paloschi's dynamism troubled the Atalanta defence, but with a classic counterattack Atalanta came close to scoring a third goal.

Yemen's government and an opposition coalition again came close to a deal to end the crisis that has gripped the country for three months.

The teen's car either came close to or struck the bus, say police, causing it to crash over a guard-rail and down 30 feet.

He whispered again, and when she came close to him, she put her ear to his mouth.

There was sand and dust everywhere, and on most days the temperature came close to a hundred degrees.

But neither of these factors came close to explaining the variation in class performance.

[font=Times New Roman][color=#000000]AS RECENTLY as two years ago, a forest fire came close to burning down the home of Costas Karamanlis.

A few times, the IBM team couldn't find a concept that came close to matching their requirements, as in the case of weather forecasting.

On the day, she and several members of a skydiving club came close to Vyborg Jutland, started skydiving trip.

on several occasions during the Cold War, the world came close to nuclear war due to miscommunications between nuclear weapon states.

The boat came close to the rocks and then sheered away.

There was one time when I thought she came close.

As he came close and lit the match, his eyes inadvertently locked with mine. At that moment, I smiled.

A thunderstorm came close by, the spring broke in a little hill on which the inn stood.

I even came close to making the the big mistake of negotiating against myself by offering to lower the price before they did.

The one which came close to the camera is in the better condition. The other . . was weak. . .

The enemy came close to the town and the order came to evacuate the people.

Libyan fighters, with backing from NATO airstrikes, came close to taking control of the key eastern oil hub of Brega.

The researchers found that when electrons flowed through the tube, they scattered when they came close to the particle.

He came close to the house to see it clearly.

Nobody came close to shooting one down, even as it flew deep inside hostile territory.

As he came close, he noticed her chin was trembling and one silent tear rolled down her cheek.

Even if, by some miracle, the two men came close to agreement, Hamas is still absent from the table.

And when they came close enough to beckon, I would not move.

So they had qualities that -- they came close to -- as close to reaching possibly their full potential as any players I ever had.

Dubai came close to default last month until Abu Dhabi stepped in with a $10 billion bailout.

She came close to Dorothy and kissed her gently on the forehead. Where her lips touched the girl they left a round, shining mark.

I came close to signing for Barcelona three years ago but Capello convinced me to stay.

Europeans under 24 came close to American levels of enthusiasm for the risky freedom of the entrepreneur.

He came close to putting more money into stocks, but 'luckily avoided the temptation. '

Suddenly, the sharks came close to me, and I took the opportunity to take this shot.

While the others came close enough to eat out of my hand, he kept his distance.

Winston Churchill and Thomas Edison came close but they were also fond of taking naps, which may disqualify them as true short sleepers.

Chelsea defender Sam Hutchison admits he came close to quitting the game last season.

Twice he stood for Parliament as a Liberal, and each time came close to winning.

She came close to him, and he quickly clenched her ear with his teeth and bit it off.

In October, HSBC came close to acquiring the Asian private banking assets sold by ING, the Dutch group.

The NSA in 2006 came close to exceeding its power supply, which would have blown out its electrical infrastructure.

Fish injured his left wrist during the first set and came close to having to end his night early.

Whenever she came close, he would growl and scratch at her.

Too many times where you came close to too many dangerous things, too many chances taken too, too far.

Property-related revenue plummeted and the banking system came close to collapse.

Madoff never even came close to realizing the gains he reported and paid out to some investors.

Iris: He came close to winning the MVP award this year. He finished a close second.

John Boehner and I came up with some good proposals when we came close to agreeing on a grand bargain.

In the 1970s, when both Peru and Chile were ruled by military governments, they came close to war. That now seems unthinkable.

And the agency never came close to achieving the launch rates its designers had predicted.

A winter cold snap in 2005 caused a gas shortage: factories shut and the authorities came close to cutting off some households, too.

We like came close to those who are fond of us. Why do we feel someone are fond of us even like us? That is we like the person.

I came close a couple of times but didn't win at all this year.

Even so, the hosts came close to their second of the night, but it went.

and later came close to beating the outstanding Japan team in the semi-finals.

As he came close and lit the match, our eyes met.

Ford shares rose slightly to $14. 23 in early trading on Tuesday. Two years ago they came close to slipping below $1.

Pretty soon he came close to my window so I called out and asked him what she looked like.

The midfielder played the full 90 minutes and came close to scoring on 65 minutes but the goalkeeper made a good save.

Anyone who was born in the south of the country was ardently in favor of the rebels, and many vowed to join them if they ever came close.

We came close and I agree with those who say we should have won it but for the negative tactics Rafa employed at times.

I really, really started to get scared when I came close to a road and the strange car rolled by.

The driver came close to being killed at the accident.

He came close to calling the Prime Minister a liar.

He almost slipped and came close to eating a churro the other day.

Someoneapparently delivered "2009 Pacific Division Champions" T-shirts to thevisitors' locker room, but they never came close to being worn.

When she came close the girl turned serenely and recognized her, the young man walking off in embarrassment.

Did we lose all our money, but we also came close to losing our lives.

Only 7 percent of women asked to estimate their risk came close to the actual number.

A couple of years ago, just after I completed my second deployment, I came close to killing myself too.

In 1993 extinction came close for IBM, then the world's largest computer-maker (it has since been overtaken by HP).

He came close to being killed in the accident.

The government came close to brokering a peace deal between Syria and Israel before the plan was scuppered by Israel's attack on Gaza.

As he came close and lit the match, our eyes met. At that moment, I smiled .

The car won the race, but its driver came close to being killed.

Even so, they came close to nuclear war over Cuba.

It's weird, I know, but I came close once to getting the QuickTime logo tattooed on my calf.

A quarter of an hour later, the balloon came close to some clouds.

One Yojana being 7. 2 kms. , the ancient Indian estimates came close to the actual figure.

Not only did we lose all our memory, but we also came close to losing our lives.

Not only did we lose all our money, but we also came close to losing our lives.

In early 2000, Syria came close to making peace with Israel.

He came close to pass the test.

Nuclear war came close through the Cuban missile crisis in 1962.

She came close to tears when she heard the news.

See they came close back, arouse the lesser envy, each other hon join back-talk.

The wolf came close to him, but the man was ready.

When the further ones came close to us, those who were around me asked them eagerly, "Well, have you found him? "

In one experiment, a stranger came close.

I came close to being the champion!

Came close, but kids were awake when we got home.

Not only did we lose all our money, but also we came close to losing our lives.

I, I'll always remember how we came close to be

As he came close and lit the match,

Then she came close beside me