Sentences with phrase «narrowly avoids being hit»

Clem Ackroyd's arrival in the world in 1945 is marked by an explosion, as his mother Ruth - out in the garden to appease a late - pregnancy rhubarb craving - narrowly avoids being hit by the last suicidal German bomber of World War II and, consequently, goes into early labor.

The sheer scale of the carnage allows plenty of un-scripted awesome moments to occur on the battlefield, such as a radio tower collapsing after being hit by a jet, crushing all who are underneath it, or a mad last - minute raid into enemy territory in a jeep, narrowly avoiding been hit by the enemy tanks before clearing out an entire enemy base only to the be stopped by some smart - ass who rigged the building with C - 4.

Not exact matches

I was en route to a doctor appointment in New York City, and a helmet-less rider on a Citi Bike had just darted in front of us, narrowly avoiding getting hit.