Sentence examples for I nearly called from inspiring English sources

At one point I nearly called what Tyler makes disguises, but that's not quite right -- he's not hiding behind them, and couldn't if he wanted to since they're so skimpy.

I think I was nearly called Edgar.

"[Trainer] Henrietta Knight, a consummate horsewoman, won three with Best Mate - if I won two I could nearly call myself a horseman".

Also confirming those hippy sensibilities is the fact that Warpaint were nearly called I Love You.

"And when I asked for a three-month-old baby lamb, like you can find here, they thought I was crazy and nearly called the police".

Kate Gosselin and Tony Dovolani's Jive: wow, again, I really felt badly for her in practice, especially after Tony got so mad at her he nearly called it quits.

"They nearly called security to remove us".

Philip Withall is so, so nearly called Philip Withnail.

The project was nearly called off because the Juno consortium could not raise the required funding.

Did you know that the Apple Macintosh was nearly called the Apple Bicycle?

The Commonwealth Games held in India in 2010 were nearly called off because of several controversies related to mismanagement and corruption.