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The source of light became more evident as they drew nigh.
The time drew nigh for the examination of the little boys.
He swallowed the words, though they came nigh to choking him.
Motor boat ought to have been here nigh on two hours ago.
Light surely was about to draw nigh through the darkness!
Tortuously do all good things come nigh to their goal.
Now that time was in length well nigh as three thousand and five hundred years of the Sun.
Still, it happened nigh too fast for thought, in a deserted stretch of road.
"Lived here nigh onto forty year, man an' boy, an' never seen such work before in all my life."
The days went on, and the hour of her deliverance drew nigh.
But others thought it better to abandon the village and return later if no invasion came nigh.
She drew nigh; he leaned over and helped her aboard.
The girl drew nigh; and rushed up the path near which he was standing.
Not nigh as many ships as we seen when they first showed up.
But somehow, with her at his side, it didn't seem nigh as impossible.
After all, night had been drawing nigh when he entered the gourd.
Now, let us go on, for we're pretty nigh the last, I think."
Like a flea bite, it was nigh forgotten the next day.
Brazers in every corner made the room nigh too warm.
In one week from now the perilous moment of the last projection will draw nigh.
Don't you come nigh this kitchen again till I tell ye to.
The soil for its nutriment may there be well nigh exhausted.
That was directly toward the mountain, which loomed ever larger as we drew nigh.
We dared not come nigh, the rabble looked so threatening.
Oh, I'd love to be there when he tells him about the tax money son of a gun, it'll nigh kill them both."