Sentence examples for he almost took from inspiring English sources

"He almost took as many shots as points he made," Donovan said.

He almost took over in another way, by marrying Ms. Bacall.

THE actor Larry Hagman, who died on Friday aged 81, had a guilty secret that he almost took to his grave.

Always in a modulated tone, he danced around the issue of why he almost took ABC's offer, saying it's "just human nature" to be tempted by flattery.

Steven Starker, a former partner in Goldman Sachs, who is a primary investor in the project, leaned back in his seat, recalling a recent occasion when he almost took a commercial flight.

The director, Jack O'Brien, has been a more recent visitor — he almost took up residence while directing the Tom Stoppard trilogy "The Coast of Utopia" in 2006 and 2007.

He almost takes a wicket with his second, as Samuels' cut is just a fraction above Eoin Morgan's outstretched fingers.

Someone like Rafa [Nadal], one of his strengths is that he hits the ball so hard, with so much top-spin, he almost takes the net completely out of play.

He almost takes Gayle's head off with a ball which kept swinging into the batsman, but the man from the Caribbean showed all that time on the beach work on his limbo dancing is worthwhile.

It works as he almost takes the racket out of Roger's hand, bringing up 15-30, but Federer gets himself out of trouble with three straight points.

During the whole thing, my man had to wear "sclera" contact lenses just to keep his eyes open from tiny stones which he claimed almost took out his damn jaw.