Sentence examples for he almost joined from inspiring English sources

In 1990 he almost joined Barcelona, where perhaps his deft passing game would have flourished.

He said he almost joined private space industry last year instead of Google.

So Nash, a Laker for three games, now will face the Knicks, whom he almost joined last summer, in a tale of two options, east and west.

Friends of Mr. Bush say he almost joined another secret society, but in the end Prince Hal did what was expected.

United wished to avoid a situation whereby one of their key players became unsettled or distracted by speculation surrounding a move, as happened in 2015 when he almost joined Real Madrid.

Smith has played Rangers' last two matches as a midfielder and is in the line-up for tomorrow's match at Hampden against the team he almost joined on loan in January before red tape halted the move.

Michaelsen, a CIF state qualifier in the discus last season, almost joined Cochran in Berkeley, until he visited Wake Forest two weeks ago.

"Mark almost joined it," Fernandez continues, "but instead he started his own.

Once "rescued" and taken outside the embassy, he was identified as a gunman by a real hostage and almost joined his dead comrades.

"The questions are an intrusion into the President's Article 2 powers under the Constitution to fire any Executive Branch Employee," he tweeted, citing comments from Joseph diGenova, a former federal prosecutor who almost joined his legal team.

The 27-year-old almost joined Nottingham Forest in January only for the deal to fall through after he failed an eye test.