Sentence examples for was finally close from inspiring English sources

He told reporters this past week he was finally "close to having the cabinet and other things that I want".

Last fall, she thought she was finally close to getting hired when she was called back for a third interview for a clerical job at a pharmaceutical company.

At 22 30, Paulet was finally close enough to lay Astraea alongside Gloire and the two frigates exchanged fire at close range for the next 58 minutes, Paulet concentrating his gunnery on the hull of the French ship while Beens' ordered his men to disable the British ship's rigging and masts.

The base was finally closed in 1956.

It was finally closed, and today is a ruin.

The nursing home was finally closed in 1974.

Trade with Rhodesia was steadily reduced, and the border was finally closed in 1973.

Suspecting that Iranian banks were financing nuclear weapons and missile programs, the loophole was finally closed in 2008.

The case, notorious in France, was finally closed two weeks ago when a court ruled against him.Bosses in Europe should take heed.

It wasn't until 1994 when Candido Mendes was finally closed, that the trickle of tourists began.

The settlement was one of the last disputes in that bankruptcy case, and it was finally closed in January 2012.