Sentence examples for close to gets from inspiring English sources

But it also makes them vulnerable when an official they are close to gets forced out in a power struggle and is accused of corruption.

Compared with university behemoths like Johns Hopkins -- which in 2000 received close to gets $800 million from the federal government -- it is modest.

If only someone would explain to her that it's normal to feel sad when someone you're close to gets married!

"I'm close to getting the rhythm.

But Ernst came close to getting off entirely.

"I started getting close to getting jobs - repeatedly.

He didn't come close to getting a permit.

New York is close to getting wine in supermarkets".

"Only Platoon came close to getting it right," he says.

He hasn't got close to getting where he needs to be".

We came close to getting something".