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The phrase "almost got killed" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to describe a past experience where you were in danger of being killed, but fortunately managed to avoid it. Example: "I was hiking in the mountains when I almost got killed by a falling rock. I quickly ducked and narrowly avoided being hit."
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They almost got killed.
"I almost got killed," he said.
I almost got killed four years ago.
I almost got killed by a public bus, actually.
And I almost got killed by an old riverbed.
My dad almost got killed by a Jersey bull that was a pet".
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It was completely terrifying to just take off to France, and I did almost get killed a few times along the way.
In addition to the, perhaps surprising, choice of Apollo 13 (where the astronauts nearly get killed), Titanic (where lots of the passengers are killed) and Battlestar Galactica (where the entire human race almost gets killed), there is a wonderful selection of TV cult classics.
"No, it wasn't almost getting killed," he tells me.
Soon". "When I was 40, I decided I was going to stop drinking hard liquor, because I kept getting in jail and smashing stuff, forgetting everything that happened and almost getting killed," he explains with a smile.
When his pal and colleague (wry Alan Ruck) complains that he narrowly escaped death on a recent shoot, Matt replies, "We're supposed to almost get killed--that's our job". What a perfect job for the lead of a TV series..
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