Example sentences of "almost [verb] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This almost led to grounding of the plane but replacement with an incompatible elastomer made from ethylene-propylene copolymer rectified the fault . |
| 2 | SURPRISE OFFER 'S big-race warm up almost turned to disaster at Brighton yesterday today . |
| 3 | After all , he 's been told what 's going on , she has n't — and is almost driven to suicide by his mysterious silence , ’ she explains . |
| 4 | Three men almost went to prison as a result . |
| 5 | Mrs Oram 's three-year-old son Charles almost choked to death in thick fumes after the £30 Safe and Sound monitor ‘ spontaneously ignited ’ . |