Sentence examples for front of a bullet from inspiring English sources

That's like jumping in front of a bullet.

And I would jump in front of a bullet for another soldier,'" she recalled.

The diciest of them, he says, are equivalent to "picking up pennies in front of a bullet train".Regulators, who crave a simpler financial system, wonder whether cocos will make dealing with failing banks even trickier.

But I greatly resent the idea that he should throw himself in front of a bullet because a grown congressman isn't brave enough to throw an N.R.A. lobbyist out of his office.

The next week, after a few hungover mornings waking next to wife Dervla Kirwan, he saves a witness by flinging himself in front of a bullet outside the courthouse, then undergoes a moral epiphany and runs for mayor.

ALBANY — Secret trysts are complicated under any circumstances, but the logistical challenges are steeper for elected officials who live surrounded by armed security officers whose mandate is to remain close enough to step in front of a bullet.

Dressed in vanilla jeans, a tank, and closed-toe shoes (to add mystery), I stood in front of a bullet-hole-peppered door on an especially grimey block of Midtown.

Dressed in vanilla jeans, a tank and closed-toe shoes (to add mystery), I stood in front of a bullet-hole-peppered door on an especially grimey block of Midtown.

Who would have thought that both Her Majesty and Prince Charles would possess the courage, let alone the lightening fast reactions, required to throw themselves in front of a sniper bullet intended for Barack Obama at a state dinner?

A woman in the theater jumped in front of a fellow teacher, taking a bullet for her, officials said.

Finance director Laurie McIlwee stopped short of spelling it out but in front of a slide carrying the bullet point "£ not % is the measure of margin success" he said in the future "cash not percentage margin would define our success".