Sentence examples for almost joined from inspiring English sources

The hurly-burly gatecrasher almost joined them to stargaze.

In 1990 he almost joined Barcelona, where perhaps his deft passing game would have flourished.

We almost joined the G8 countries, now one in five people is unemployed.

And then — "Did you know Billy Preston almost joined the Beatles?" Rob said.

He said he almost joined private space industry last year instead of Google.

I said: "Yeah, me too, in 1967 I almost joined the John Birch society, and I was collecting guns, too.

So Nash, a Laker for three games, now will face the Knicks, whom he almost joined last summer, in a tale of two options, east and west.

In a peculiar twist, Modric almost joined André Villas-Boas at Chelsea last season before Villas-Boas was dumped as the Blues' manager.

The Swiss centre-back, currently out with a foot injury, spent last season on loan at Milan and almost joined Everton in the summer.

Rodriguez, who almost joined the Red Sox last winter, scuffled with Boston catcher Jason Varitek after Bronson Arroyo hit him in the left side with a pitch.

A week earlier, Falcao had almost joined Benfica, only for them to refuse to pay an additional £600,000 to complete the deal.