Sentence examples for come close to completing from inspiring English sources

"There is no Web site, and I don't publish the race date or explain how to enter," said Cantrell, an accomplished ultrarunner who has never come close to completing his own race.

Because he has never come close to completing a marathon (truth be told, he has never completed even a 10-kilometer race), Gimelstob required a special charity waiver to gain entry.

He wasted a ridiculous amount of his time feuding with rivals and putting out sectarian brush fires, and he did not even come close to completing the work he intended as his magnum opus, "Capital".

For a tomb for Pope Julius II, according to the professor, Michelangelo got the rough equivalent, by one calculation, of more than $10 million over time, even though he did not come close to completing the project.

Mr. Kelly said that Mr. Pimentel, a convert to Islam who was also known as Muhammad Yusuf, had been under police surveillance for more than two years and was arrested on Saturday after he had come close to completing at least three bombs.

However, Tomlinson's reading of the correspondence suggests a different conclusion: Monteverdi, in his view, "did not even come close to completing the score" and may have written very little of the music.

Sheffield United quickly withdrew their offer to allow Evans to train, Hartlepool hastily backed away from manager Ronnie Moore's suggestion he would consider a deal, and Oldham come closest to completing a transfer.

They aren't even coming close to completing pass plays and Nebraska is fired up.

Given the enthusiastic reports from Milan this week, you'd never think that we are coming close to completing a gruelling four week stint that culminates in Paris next week.

Prince came close to completing the lead song for Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, the director revealed on Saturday at the Tribeca film festival.

Mr. Pimentel, 27, who the authorities said was inspired by the American-born Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, is accused of coming close to completing three bombs and planning to use them around New York.