Just when I had almost given up and surrendered to near fainting on the floor of that ICU bathroom at the unimaginable thought of living the rest of my life without you, with my siblings and Daddy by my side, I heard your words echoing so clearly in my head.
She surrendered nearly a second of her cushion but had almost a half-second to spare.
They almost surrendered a 36-4 lead, conceding four unanswered tries in quick succession in the second half.
And having taken over the job in September, Mr Abe will have almost a year for diplomacy before the August 15th anniversary of Japan's surrender in 1945, a day on which the domestic pressure to visit Yasukuni will become intense.
He added, "In some ways, by giving so much to the role, almost surrendering to it, she may have gotten more out of the film than anyone else".
For decades, the European golfers had surrendered almost meekly to the American pros.
I had surrendered, had written.
Last Tuesday, it was reported (although later denied) that Wales has voluntarily surrendered almost all of his editing privileges over Wikipedia, reducing his status to that of a junior editor.
"After the elections, it was the government troops that became the rebels," he says.The whole army has now rallied to Mr Ouattara, its generals having surrendered almost a week before Mr Gbagbo himself finally threw in the towel.
South Africa's captain must have calculated that he almost had enough runs, but the initiative had been surrendered.
Serena had surrendered eagerly, almost ecstatically, to the socio-erotic excitement of getting a marriage proposal from a handsome, wealthy man, and then she dominates him sensually in their married life, spurring him to greater achievements, and inspiring ruthlessness against those who get in his way.
