The very biggest ones would lie up close to the bank.
Ahead, close to the left bank, was a big log.
There's a place around the bend of the island, to the right there, where I can put her pretty close to the bank.
Keeping close to the bank she continued her walk north.
Close to the bank I saw deep pools, the water blue like the sky.
"They may have had a difficult time reaching a conclusion," a person close to the central bank said.
We tried to stay close to the bank most of the time.
We need to stay close to the bank until we're ready to search in the middle.
I stayed close to the bank, where the water barely covered my feet.
Here, close to the bank, the ice was a little thicker.