Sentence examples for had almost caught from inspiring English sources

Behind him the others had almost caught him up.

After the perfect start of three birdies in seven holes to get to eight under par, he had almost caught the overnight leader Dustin Johnson.

It turned into a whistled gasp when the second round of results were announced and he had almost caught up with his brother.

None of GM's competitors has had to shoulder costs per worker anything like as heavy: until an agreement in 2007 with the union, each car in Detroit carried about $1,400 in extra pension and health-care costs compared with the foreign-owned competitors in America.GM, Ford and Chrysler tried to improve: by 2006 they had almost caught up with Japanese standards of efficiency and even quality.

This contrasts with a government statement released in mid-October that credited "the exchange of information with international agencies" for the operation a week earlier that had almost caught El Chapo in the mountains.

By 3 years the adult branch nurses had almost caught up the mental health nurses.

Snapchat has almost caught Twitter, too.

These software engineers now outnumber farmers and have almost caught up with lawyers.

Record-store racks and music aficionados have almost caught up to Mr. Ade's context.

Pharmacia began selling Celebrex six months before Vioxx arrived, but Merck has almost caught up.

As opponents have focused on teammates with flashier pedigrees — Ryan Howard, Utley, Jimmy Rollins — Victorino has almost caught them by surprise.