Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] close at hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously I enjoyed having the opportunity to watch any nesting birds so close at hand — I could reach out of my bedroom window , when Mum was n't around , and feel right inside the nest — but many of the neighbours looked on the house martins as pests who infested their property and made a mess . |
| 2 | They would have been close at hand my Lord erm I just do n't know , it may be that , I think they were probably in a vehicle also close at hand ready to . |
| 3 | I had been playing for about five minutes when there was a very loud explosion very close at hand . |
| 4 | With Stella so close at hand it was necessary to make the conversation with her aunt brief and to the point , although with Bertha this was not always easy . |
| 5 | All was silent except for the automatic fire fairly close at hand , somewhere down by the crossroads . |