Example sentences of "[adv] nearly do n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plane he so nearly did n't catch crashes , and he is forced into befriending a vaguely familiar-looking German who turns out to be the brother of an old friend … |
| 2 | And you and me nearly nearly did n't get on the train . |
| 3 | In fact , Shiona very nearly did n't make it in time . |
| 4 | But Mrs Miniver very nearly did n't get beyond two years old , when a fall into a nearby river almost proved fatal . |
| 5 | But it was a role he very nearly did n't get when the film 's backers decided he had become too difficult to handle . |
| 6 | But the second year with HRC very nearly did n't happen . |
| 7 | It very nearly did n't happen . |