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1  He nodded, keeping his eyes closed.
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Context   In Chapter 8
2  She wasn't crying, but she was close to it.
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Context   In Chapter 8
3  My head swam, and I leaned back and closed my eyes.
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Context   In Chapter 5
4  I leaned back and closed my eyes and we were home before I knew it.
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Context   In Chapter 7
5  I closed my eyes and leaned my head back, but the tears came anyway.
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Context   In Chapter 5
6  Then I leaned back and closed my eyes so I wouldn't see Bob lying there.
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Context   In Chapter 4
7  He tried to smile again, and then suddenly went white and closed his eyes tight.
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Context   In Chapter 8
8  Steve closed his eyes for a second and muffled a groan as he dropped on his knees beside Soda.
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Context   In Chapter 2
9  We had always been close buddies, and those lonely days in the church strengthened our friendship.
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Context   In Chapter 8
10  I didn't pay any attention, although pieces of the old roof were crashing down too close for comfort.
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Context   In Chapter 6
11  I remembered how close he and Dad had been, and I wondered how I could ever have thought him hard and unfeeling.
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Context   In Chapter 6
12  --- Randy tried to grin, but I could tell he was close to tears--- "one time he came home drunker than anything."
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Context   In Chapter 7
13  We're almost as close as brothers; when you grow up in a tight-knit neighborhood like ours you get to know each other real well.
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Context   In Chapter 1
14  I guess that guy knew how close to hysterics I really was, for he talked to me in a low soothing voice all the way to the hospital.
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Context   In Chapter 6
15  Johnny was lying still, with his eyes closed, but when Two-Bit said, "Hey, Johnnykid," he opened them and looked at us, trying to grin.
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Context   In Chapter 8
16  He would slap Darry on the back and tell him he was getting to be a man, a regular chip off the block, and they would be as close as they used to be.
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Context   In Chapter 3
17  Dally's eyes were closed, but when I spoke he had tried to grin and had told me that if I ever did a stupid thing like that again he'd beat the tar out of me.
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Context   In Chapter 6
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