1.   A new furniture shop with a three-piece suite in uncut moquette in the window next to a cocktail cabinet shiny as toffee.

2.   A poster for the local paper on the wall next to the newsagent claims boldly that another big cat has been seen.

3.   A small light bulb next to the assistant indicates that it has some helpful advice to offer.

4.   Alternatively, how about a leisurely lunch next to the lake while watching the fishermen mending their nets.

5.   As I slid into my seat next to Polly, it seemed to me that Iris looked at me strangely.

6.   As if it were a fair trade, she had left the gun on the coffee table next to the flowers.

7.   But he quickly learned that at his age it was next to impossible to find a professional job in San Francisco.

8.   But there was next to no creative intellectual stimulation.

9.   He ate lunch in a dingy little cafe next to the station.