She sat close beside him, protective as a mother over her child.

Surely, she must have been close beside him, but he just didn't recall seeing her.

Wolf sat close beside her in the night for a very long time.

I rose quietly from my chair and went to stand close beside him, at his left hand.

At some point she became aware that a male presence was close beside her.

He was always close beside her and the one who held the strap.

His hand was close beside a bottle standing on the table.

He was close beside a large window, in the deepest corner of the room.

Standing close beside him on either side were two other men.

"I shall be close beside you when we go in," he said.

Coming up from the gully, she saw Arlene close beside her, but Thara had dropped behind.

He closed a switch on the wall beside him and said, "Exton.

He closed his fingers on the cleat beside the access hatch.

He closed the door and knelt beside the boy.

I feel him close beside me no matter how far away he may be.

Next, close the main supply valve, beside the water meter, or have the utility stop service from outside.

That can be done by closing the main supply valve beside the meter.

I glanced back from Justen, who still rode with his eyes closed, to the ruins beside the road.

He slipped inside and pressed the door closed beside him.

Ash kept Cathy close beside him, the slap of their feet against wet stone the only sound in the winding passage.