[Ads-l] TV dialogue

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

> On Feb 27, 2016, at 10:51 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Internal dialogue of the chief of police, as he prepares to shoot:
> 
> "_From this short of a distance_, I feel that I can't miss."
> 
> Six hits for the *exact phrase*, the oldest from 2006.
> 
> IMO, this is a commonplace structure, as being able to find the exact
> phrase indicates, but YMMV.


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