"We were nearly through and then we dropped a bit.
"My days in this office are nearly through," he said, "but my days of service I hope are not.
My days in this office are nearly through.
Until this morning, we seemed trapped in a surreal bubble of complacency – "we're nearly through the worst, just hold on," was the subliminal message.
But it is much easier to get an indictment than to prove a crime, and opaque governments like the one we are nearly through with can be much more successful at protecting its officers than governing.
Uri served as a tank gunner in the war between Israel and Hezbollah; he and three others in the tank died in action as Mr. Grossman was nearly through with the novel.
"We are getting through that now and we are nearly through that and things look much better for the future".
This means that the people who began reading it the day it came out, are nearly through it by now, those that haven't hanged themselves.
Calgary MP Michelle Rempel announced this week that the Conservative's shiny new immigration policy will be geared around not "setting the number of immigrants allowed into Canada like an auction," and we are nearly through week two of Maxime Bernier's sudden heel turn.
