He stepped close to the blind man and peered into his face.
Rat leaned close to the man and asked him a question.
He stepped close to the old man and offered his hand.
He realized he would have to pass very close to the man to get by.
But I never got close to the man himself.
Best money can buy, probably, but they can't get close to the man who isn't there.
It's an eerie sense of getting close to the man himself.
He crowded close to the old man, looking up at him with adoring eyes.
James pulled up close to the man and stared at him coldly.
He dropped to one knee very close to the sleeping man.