Example sentences of "almost [vb past] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the day Nicol fitted in as to the manor born , his electrifying pace very much in evidence , notably in a touchline burst that almost led to a try by Gavin Hastings and in a scorching bit of cover to save a certain try by a scything tackle on Jeremy Guscott : ‘ That first cap game was an amazing experience . |
| 2 | It was the president 's problems with the old guard that almost led to a challenge to his authority . |
| 3 | It is little wonder that this figure cast what almost amounted to a spell over aspiring black sportsmen . |
| 4 | … [ My parents ] were sober reverent people without a creed , though their disbelief in Hell and the Devil almost amounted to a creed . |
| 5 | This made my mother happy , as gardening and flowers were her great passion ; it almost amounted to a vice . |
| 6 | The revelations of Watergate shook the confidence of many Americans in their entire political system , which almost ground to a halt in the 18 months before Nixon 's resignation . |
| 7 | And I said we just come out of the drive went across the road and there was just a bus behind us and erm I said the car almost came to a halt . |
| 8 | it came , it did it almost came to a halt again and it could 've been dangerous as well you , children in the back , two children in the back ! |