Sentence examples for he almost got it from inspiring English sources
At the halfway stage, Mayweather was winning it inside and outside, a measure of his genius, as Cotto looked for a single blow to shift the momentum – and he almost got it with a tree-trunk jab that brought blood from Mayweather's nose and a smile to his face.
He almost got it when Samir Nasri fired a yard wide with a snapshot from the edge of the area while Edin Dzeko went closer still with an angled drive that beat Morgan De Sanctis but zipped past the post.
"He almost got it — just touched it by the flipper".
Facebook Twitter Pinterest 9.10am GMT Roger Federer wins the first set 6-3 Murray needs something big here and he almost gets it on the first point.
He has accidents now and then, but he's almost got it.
O'Halloran had a hat-trick in his sights and almost got it when he rounded Szromnik, but he was unable to keep the ball in play.
Updated at 11.32pm GMT 11.21pm GMT And amazingly, he almost got away it too.
