Sentence examples for close to miss from inspiring English sources
"It meant everything to her," said Robert White, a tenor who was close to Miss Tully.
The recent resignation of two PPP ministers once close to Miss Bhutto, Raza Rabbani and Sherry Rehman, hinted at this.
The pair were arrested in June 2011 as they drove along country lanes close to Miss Stone's isolated house, raising the suspicions of a postman and several others by asking for directions in a car loaded with equipment, including balaclavas, an improvised body bag, knives and metal spikes.
Of Clark Gable's performance as Rhett Butler, Flinn felt the characterization was "as close to Miss Mitchell's conception and the audience's as might be imagined", a view which Nugent concurred with, although Hoellering felt that Gable didn't quite convince in the closing scenes, as Rhett walks out on Scarlett in disgust.
The TV version, however, came close to missing the mark.
He is now perilously close to missing out on a coveted fourth term.
Even so, DeMerit came pretty close to missing the World Cup, Stevens said.
They are 6-13-4 since and perilously close to missing the playoffs for the third consecutive year.
Surely there must have been some test sessions or races he was close to missing?
A flight attendant noted that he had come dangerously close to missing his dream flight.
His minus-5 total left him with 2 points and perilously close to missing the 36-hole cut.
