Example sentences of "the closer he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The closer he came , the more mysterious the shed seemed . |
| 2 | The closer he came to attaining power , the more , purely for presentational purposes , anti-Semitism had to be subordinated to or subsumed within other components of the Hitler image . |
| 3 | A few yards on and she saw there was no answering wave and she faltered , uncertain if this was Ferdinando or some other lone horseman before whom she would make a fool of herself , but the closer he came the more sure she was that this was her husband and then she chided herself for thinking he had hands free to wave when one was needed for the reins and the other to hold the child . |
| 4 | The closer he got the more agitated the two girls became , as if he 'd sent a wind on before him which made them flutter . |
| 5 | Then he would make a pair of horns with his hands and step slowly backwards , and the closer he got to the bedside lamp the bigger the shadow grew , so that finally it outgrew the wall and spread across the ceiling and towered above him , a vast and terrible Demon . |
| 6 | The closer he got , the bigger the horse looked . |