Sentence examples for wasn't far off from inspiring English sources

He wasn't far off, but it wasn't personal.

I had my own idea and it wasn't far off," says Cumberbatch with a Sherlock-like lack of false modesty.

At six feet ten inches and four hundred and twenty-odd pounds I wasn't far off, but there were two men heavier, in addition to the pituitary case.

The sad truth was that the assessment wasn't far off, since O'Neill, along with his older brother Jamie, showed more talent for debauchery than writing.

I had no way of knowing that I wasn't far off; the reading room had a secret, or perhaps I should say the reading room was a secret, forgotten by the world.

(Actually, the C.B.O.'s new — and markedly pessimistic — forecast is for an unemployment rate of 8.9percentnt in the fourth quarter of 2012, but Trump's figure wasn't far off).

This was not quite as controversial as aspiring to enter the Royal Ballet School, but it wasn't far off: "Where I grew up, the notion of reading books didn't make you a swot, but a poof.

Galbraith's interpretation wasn't far off for its time.

"I wasn't far off and got back to playing but I never felt totally fit.

"I wasn't far off, but I knew there was more in me.

But midnight wasn't far off, and finally Bruner  gestured for his cane.