1.   Police cordoned off and evacuated the area, which is just yards from the Brent Cross Shopping Centre.

2.   They have timed the deal pretty well, and not just from a weather outlook.

3.   Although she was just yards from the safety of nearby houses she was too frightened to call out.

4.   A petrol bomb attack destroyed a fishing boat just feet from homes in Alexandra Street, Grangetown, Middlesbrough.

5.   And all this is just minutes from Portland.

6.   And he kept senators working through Tuesday evening, even though Republicans were holding a gala fund-raiser just blocks from the Capitol.

7.   Bill Bradley, just in from Buffalo, showed how defensive backs move up toward the line or fill for each other.

8.   Blocked gutters cause water to overflow and land just inches from the house.

9.   Also just out from the creative geniuses at Maxim is Stuff, a lowlife reality-TV clone put to glossy stock.

10.   Bubier watched helplessly as grass and dirt were plowed up like a furrow just inches from his eyes.