And perhaps his not being shot was in some degree attributable to this very circumstance; for his extreme audacity, and the conviction that he must be one of those to whom the proclamation referred, inspired the soldiers with a desire to take him alive, and diverted many an aim which otherwise might have been more
near the mark.
Now,' said Brass, picking up his hat again and replacing the shade over his eye, and actually crouching down, in the excess of his servility, 'What does all this lead to?--what should you say it led me to, gentlemen?--could you guess at all
near the mark?'
I glanced at the king, and, as I did so, I thought that I heard him mutter: "
Near the mark, not in it."
Twelve, or at the most thirteen, might be
near the mark.
If my conjecture is anywhere
near the mark, then the penny might drop and perhaps party political agreement with regard to Brexit might seem like a more desirable outcome.
Conditions were challenging at the golf course and even some forceful golfers like Damil Ataullah, Shahid Abbas and Farid Malik ended up with a disappointing outing with strokes losses just too many and their overall score was nowhere
near the mark of excellence.
They acted fairly well but some of the patter was
near the mark and the song which allowed you to guess the rude words was a new level of vulgarity in a kids' show.
It was disappointing - I thought we had an opportunity there because the ball was swinging around all day but we were nowhere
near the mark.
them If his assessment is anywhere
near the mark, then Ruby Walsh's mount is set to record a Festival first.
It's really weird, you read it and it's quite
near the mark and you get there and it goes even further.
Cwmbran Shopping Centre manager Gerry Hutchings said: "The comments are nowhere
near the mark and I would doubt that he's been in Cwmbran."
"What's going to happen in January is we'll sit in front of press conferences fielding questions, some of them
near the mark and some way off.
Picture those ice-cream spoons and you're
near the mark.