| 1H4 II.ii.74 | [Poins to Prince Hal] Here, hard by |
| 3H6 I.ii.51 | [Messenger to York, of the Queen] She is hard by with twenty thousand men |
| AYL III.v.75 | [Rosalind as Ganymede to Silvius] If you will know my house, / 'Tis at the tuft of olives here hard by |
| E3 III.iii.13 | [Artois to King Edward] the Prince is hard at hand |
| KL III.ii.61 | [disguised Kent to Lear] hard by here is a hovel |
| MW III.iii.9 | [Mistress Ford to John and Robert] be ready here hard by in the brew-house |
| MW IV.ii.103 | [Mistress Ford to John and Robert] Your master is hard at door |
| MW IV.ii.36 | [Mistress Page to Mistress Ford, of Ford, in answer to 'How near is he ... ?'] Hard by, at street end |
| TN I.iii.102 | [Sir Andrew to Sir Toby, of Olivia] the Count himself, here hard by, woos her |