Sentence examples similar to it very nearly could from inspiring English sources

The game itself is fine but it was the art I loved the most, it made the experience more than a same-y platformer, which this game very nearly could have been.

It could have been me, and it very nearly was.

"I actually thought that performance could have killed him and it very nearly did.

The result could be glorious, and in fact I think with the Getty it very nearly happened.

It very nearly worked.

Well, now it very nearly is.

And it very nearly paid off.

It very nearly took my foot off.

"It very nearly eclipsed my pyramid.

Only it very nearly wasn't.

And yet it very nearly was beaten.