Sentence examples for first became close from inspiring English sources

It was in the United States, Mr. Bahati contended, that he first became close with a group of influential social conservatives, including politicians, known as The Fellowship, which would later become a base of inspiration and technical support for the anti-homosexuality bill.

The two first became close a few years ago, when they realized how close they lived to one another in Westchester County in New York.

I am a registered Democrat, but Anne and I first became close to the Reagans when our children were classmates at the Thomas Dye School.

After Lemieux's first marriage ended in a difficult divorce, he and his second wife became close to Gretzky and his wife, Janet Jones.

Right on the first day, Ziyagul became close friends with Janyl Tilenbaeva, a 17-year-old girl who lived in Archa-Beshik, a similar district of internal migrants on the other side of Bishkek.

Blalock was the first prominent player Driscoll became close to, and after Blalock accepted a scholarship to Iowa State in 2003, Driscoll used him as a poster child for MARA.

When the initial distance was about 5.5 mm at the entrance of testing pipe section, the PNIPAM spheres could aggregate together after the phase transition and subsequently roll forward; but when the initial distance was as large as 8.5 mm, the distance became close at first during the phase transition and then far after the phase transition.

"When I first came out to LA I became close with the Late Night Laggers crew pretty quickly and would always go out with them," he said.

I first met Angus in 2002, and we became close.

In his first day on the stand, Mr. Allen described how the two men became close friends.

We quickly became close, partially due to our shared hatred of our third roommate.