1.   Close by the doorway two boys clash cymbals, hard so they hit together squarely, hollow full against cupped hollow.

2.   His bones lay in an engraved gold casket, with his armour, sceptre and shield close by.

3.   In contrast to the ancient church, the small Methodist chapel fairly close by in Town Street, is modern.

4.   One family close by produced children in such volume that the parents ran out of names and began giving them numbers.

5.   The strange, rank smell was stronger than ever and after a few moments they all heard a heavy movement close by.

6.   Her father lives quite close by.

7.   The congress closed by electing a new central committee, dominated by liberals and pragmatists who strongly supported the reforms.

8.   In the Ubbelohde viscometer an aliquot of solution of known volume is pipetted into bulb D through A.

9.   This leaves the end of the capillary open or suspended.

10.   Nominations will close by noon on a Thursday five days before the date of the first ballot.