The gun slid from his shoulder and dropped nearby with a clatter.

She had a stamped letter which she wanted to drop in the letter box nearby.

A person nearby dropped a suitcase in the resulting panic which prompted a cry of "Bomb, bomb, run!"

The bombs dropped nearby, but the destroyer suffered no damage.

A body dropped nearby, and though he couldn't see her, he heard Eva's breathing.

They passed more than a hundred fires on their short journey and seven times threw themselves full-length to the ground as high-explosive bombs dropped nearby.

There were no casualties and the aircraft was not damaged after two shells crashed onto the runway and the remainder dropped nearby.

He waved Bolan to a deep armchair and dropped into its mate nearby.

Jordan dropped on a bench nearby, feeling uncomfortable.

Somebody dropped to his knees nearby, to tend, he thought, to one of the wounded.