close by

The deal is expected to close by the end of the month.

The company is set to close by the end of 2010.

The case is expected to close by the end 2012.

The companies said they expected the deal to close by June 23.

The deal had been expected to close by the end of January.

The deal is expected to close by April 30, 1998.

The two companies said they expected the deal to close by late April.

And those two are to close by the end of the decade.

It opened in 2001, and had closed by early 2011.

The post office and public schools closed by the 1970s.

The phone would be dead, the nearest house was not too close by.

No one wants to speak ill of the dead, especially when his family is so close by.

Lobbyists have always been close to Congress, under rule by either party.

Aunt Rachel moved out, but she was still close by.

Whoever had just tried to kill us was still close by.

He added, "But we'll play it as though he's close by and waiting to hit again."

The only reason I was able to come here first is that it's so close by.

He used his gun to point to the floor, someplace not too close by.

In which case he must have been quite close by - next door, even.

It was the only field we could find close by.