1 We just managed to win, but it was a close thing.

2 It would be a close thing.

3 That final football match was a close thing.

4 That was a close thing! They nearly hit the other car!

5 He survived the operation, but it was a close thing, as he himself knows.

6 I luckily caught the bus, but it was a close thing.

7 What a close thing that was! The enemies nearly not him.

8 It was really a close thing that he survived the accident.

9 That was a close thing! I was nearly run down by the car.

10 We got him out in the end, but it was a close thing.

11 At Anfield last Saturday they made the final curtain safely, but it was a close thing.

12 This is not to say that the landing was not a close thing.