Then both of them leapt to their feet and ran for it-Carol, who'd been sitting closer, arrived first.

I wondered if it would be rude of me to move chairs so I was sitting closer.

I smiled, sat closer, took up my brandy and cradled it in front of the candle flame.

Three she'd sit closer, lean those dark eyes toward him, let that sweet, fresh, scrubbed scent of her dart in for a kiss.

If you have only a single 19-inch television and you can't afford to upgrade, just sit a lot closer.

I had better things to do than club one of your prehistoric ancestors senseless for the privilege of sitting a hair closer to the fire.

After a while they are talking together in a corner, and she's sitting closer and closer.

He dropped his voice again and sat closer.

As the fire ebbed Beth's body grew hotter-and, admit it or not, the others sat closer around her to absorb the warmth.

I sat closer, leaning into the fragrant vapours rising from my coffee.