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  • The bullet was small-calibre and spent ere it reached him, so that he received no more than a flesh-wound, though he carried on as if he were dying until Mr. Pike hushed his noise by cuffing his ears.

    CHAPTER XLIV 2010

  • Two forensics experts who analysed the report said they believed he was shot with a small-calibre weapon first.

    Salvador Allende's death: a new investigation reopens Chile's wounds 2011

  • Not bad going for a thoroughbred coward and decamper, and those are only the ones I remember - there's a small-calibre hole in my left palm, and blessed if I know how I came by that.

    THE NUMBERS 2010

  • The commission’s report noted that Saari “used a self-loading or semi-automatic firearm, which was small-calibre but still capable of inflicting serious damage.” In addition, the commission suggested that the minimum age for owning a gun be raised from 15 to 20, and that permits be temporary and require two years of proven shooting practice.

    Cameron Ainsworth-Vincze 2010

  • Canadian Cynic: Frankerotica, small-calibre style.

    Frankerotica, small-calibre style. CC 2008

  • Whilst weapons were being recovered this way, from flick-knives to machetes to small-calibre pistols, armed officers with large boxes were removing a further array of weapons from the caf.

    Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008

  • Whilst weapons were being recovered this way, from flick-knives to machetes to small-calibre pistols, armed officers with large boxes were removing a further array of weapons from the caf.

    Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008

  • Whilst weapons were being recovered this way, from flick-knives to machetes to small-calibre pistols, armed officers with large boxes were removing a further array of weapons from the caf.

    Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008

  • "It was a deliberate act," ministry spokeswoman Ingrid Beck said here Thursday, adding that a small-calibre bullet had hit the drone causing it to break up.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • It singled out light and small-calibre weapons, which it said

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

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