1. But an on-the-ball whisky shop could make a killing with its special EC-label malt Scotch at £27.70 a bottle. BNC
2. We've been worried for years about their tendency to see Britain as a soft market in which to make a killing. BNC
3. Once it has been led farther and farther away from the nest by the parent bird, it will have difficulty in rediscovering the position of the nest and will, in all probability, set off to search elsewhere if it fails to make a killing. BNC