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

When dawn gave him enough light to see by, he followed power lines to the nearest house.

The nearest house was not over a hundred feet from the wall.

The nearest house or boat is a mile away to the east.

"Why didn't you just walk down to the nearest house?"

IN the morning they made the long flight down to the nearest house.

Went to the nearest house, woke them up, sent a boy running with it into town.

A third man stood at the doorway of the nearest house.

"I'm going over to the nearest house and call the county detective."

As it was, the church stood by itself in a quiet street, some distance from the nearest house.