1.   A senior international referee of my acquaintance was standing nearby and confirmed my opinion.

2.   Mrs. Haines stood nearby, holding scissors to cut a ribbon.

3.   An equal number of Clinton supporters stood nearby, holding Clinton-Gore signs.

4.   Another officer stood nearby, his voice anxious and urgent, his gun in hand.

5.   Another man, who identified himself only as Jim, stood nearby, drinking a beer and smoking a cigarette.

6.   As another artist stands nearby listening, she delivers suggestions.

7.   As guests arrived, Dr. Jack Kevorkian posed for photographers in front of Radio City Music Hall as Raquel Welch stood nearby doing a television interview.

8.   As Kline spoke, two Australian men he had befriended stood nearby and grinned.

9.   As she mingled among the well-known guests at cocktails, the new face of Chanel, Karen Elson, stood nearby and eagerly gazed at her.

10.   As his teammates slobbered like hyenas and cracked heads with a fury, Greg Davis stood nearby, helmet off, an observer removed from it all.