He missed third position by just 0.01 seconds and thus did not qualify for the next round.
By his account, the first of three shells missed him by 30 seconds when it hit the bathroom.
The car-bomb missed by three seconds its intended target, a government official.
He slowed to wave to the crowd and missed the course record by two seconds.
Here's what my day was like: I missed the express train into the city by less than ten seconds.
"We came close, but we missed them by four seconds."
His time of 2:09:12 was a strong debut run, although he missed the course record by five seconds.
According to the video monitor at the bank, they missed by less than thirty seconds.
Tonight we have missed it by only ten seconds.
The objective is met, but we missed by 13 seconds at the finish.