1.   In between a shot from Ken Monkou whistled over the bar from ten yards when an equaliser looked to be a certainty.

2.   A small group of journalists peering from the roof of Al Qasr Hotel said that tracer fire was directed their way, the bullets whistling nearby over their heads.

3.   Some whistled over the house en route to the downtown battle zone two miles away.

4.   Suddenly, a golf ball whistled over my shoulder, just missing my head and landing within inches of the foot of my playing partner, Lou.

5.   The rear guard took cover behind the first hill, flattening themselves against the rocky steepness as bullets whistled over their heads and mortar fire hammered nearby.

6.   Four heavy machine-gun rounds whistled over the U.N. observation post there, but there were no reports of causalities, said Lt. Col. Gary Coward, a U.N. spokesman.

7.   When the game was whistled over, the small number of Japanese flags waved proudly as the Brazilian flags hung limp and hidden.

8.   His comrades hit the ground just as bullets from a Japanese ambush party started to whistle over their heads.

9.   A Russian artillery shell suddenly whistled over the ridge, sending every soldier plunging into the thick snow, before exploding harmlessly in the woods.

10.   As one song ended, a shell whistled over the bunker and exploded nearby.