Sentence examples for has gone very close from inspiring English sources
Master UK trainer Luca Cumani has gone very close several times to winning this race and he has geared Mount Athos's past 12 months around a singular purpose: returning to Flemington to go four places better.
He's creeping back into form after that big slump and he has gone very close before.
"Danny has gone very close too, and once he gets a goal he'll score plenty more because he is a quality player," added Sinclair.
"If we had got a start and had got a couple of decent partnerships then we would have gone very close to taking 16 points which would have been magnificent but sadly our batters let us down".
He said: "The weather conditions over the last three weeks have been close to ideal and the contract has gone very well.
Maureen Ryan: Other networks have gone very much in the direction of close-ended procedurals, but [ABC entertainment president] Paul Lee talked about how more serialized dramas sell well around the world and makes shows appointment viewing, even as the number of viewing platforms expands.
Fowler's gone very close, straight at the pin.
