Sentence examples for close to being killed from inspiring English sources

I've come close to being killed myself.

At least seven times he came close to being killed.

He was on the scene immediately, and came close to being killed in the collapse.

News about a friend who had lost a family member in the violence or come close to being killed were common topics of discussion around the Zawrils' dinner table.

Being n Rabaa this morning was intense&I can personally assure the MOI minister that as journalists we wrnt given "the chance" 2 do anything — Mayy El Sheikh (@MayyNYT) 14 Aug 13 In fact we came very close to being killed by his forces three times.

She recalled how she felt upon learning that her beloved son and father had come close to being killed, but also confessed concern for the General, because evidence had emerged implicating his regime in the abduction and murder of four Chilean leftists within hours of the assassination attempt.

He said he felt guilt and a simmering rage when he realizes how close he came to being killed.

Paul Theroux once described a certain kind of travel book as having mainly "human sacrifice" allure, and how close Stewart comes to being killed on his journey won't be disclosed here.

She is the first but not only close female friend to be killed.

Of the three al-Qaeda men believed to have been involved in bombing the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, one, Abu Talha al-Sudani, has been killed; another, Saleh Ali Nabhan, is said to be isolated and close to being captured or killed.

Fathers' and mothers' university education was only a risk factor with the event of coming close to being injured or killed; mothers' university education was also associated with increased risk of robbery/theft.