It is true that we have had a close shave.

And so we all had a close shave once a term.

The sign in the window said, "We've had a close shave come and get one yourself."

"I think that we have had a close shave ourselves of being arrested for the crime."

He had a close shave with death three times, at different locations and times, including gun shots.

A pet shop owner had a close shave when he arrived at work to find a crocodile dumped outside his business.

Bum, we sure had a close shave."

He had a close shave in France not so long ago, when he decided to harbour in spite of a storm.

"Had a close shave, did you?"

When my friend heard (he lives in West Ealing) he ran outside to park his car somewhere safe - had a close shave too.

And with that, the intruding plane disappears into the clouds, unaware that it just had a close shave with the world's most popular saxophonist.

It's... Harry Potter has a close shave off Sweeney Todd."

Sandy has a close shave with death in which he discovers his old school pal Lariarty is one of Castor's addicted minions.

The pilot of the Fox, realizing that he had had a close shave, drew out carefully, slid off toward the east and disappeared in the early-morning mist.

Zeb has a close shave in Hollywood - 'From Our Own Correspondent'

Takuma Sato starting from the pit lane had a close shave with the two Jaguars and David Coulthard.

We had a close shave when the German Constitutional Court examined the framework decision on the European arrest warrant and came very close to contesting its legitimacy.

ACTOR Bruce Willis, above, had a close shave at Hollywood's Billboard Music awards but his severely cropped hair gave him plenty to laugh about.

GEOFF Hornby had a close shave while making the first ascent of Peak 9070 on the south side of Mount Hunter in Alaska.

"You're doing well, my friend," he said to the fellow with the bandaged head, "and if ever any person had a close shave, it was you; your head must be as hard as iron.

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I think that we have had a close shave, particularly because a first text was distributed, signed by both Mrs Lynne and Mr Elles, which was truly unacceptable.