| After years of lobbying, successive governments inched towards a public ventilation of the reasons why so many innocent people suffered. |
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| As the clock inched towards midnight a storm struck the island marooning everyone there. |
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| At Lowther Drive it was a similar story at 10am as front gardens were flooded and water inched towards peoples' front steps. |
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| From then on, a baleful spotlight shone on Google as it inched towards flotation. |
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| When she bunched up her legs to allow safe access to her underside, he inched towards her. |
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| Yet even hard-bitten currency traders cheered out loud as the loonie inched towards parity, and then beyond. |
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| The fumes of the city stung harshly in my nose as I inched towards the Ramblas, one among twenty thousand making for Barcelona's famous promenade. |
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| At the two-furlong pole Brigadier Gerard inched towards the leader under pressure from Mercer. |
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| I inched towards the stove and placed my hands on top. |
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| Avalonia had not yet collided with Laurentia, but as Avalonia inched towards Laurentia, the seaway between them, a remnant of the Iapetus Ocean, was slowly shrinking. |
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