Sentence examples for was close to snatching from inspiring English sources

Ibrahimovic claimed the assist on the equaliser and he was close to snatching victory in the 82nd minute only to narrowly fail to get a touch to another Olsson cross.

Home goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey produced several excellent saves to deny the visitors, while Wales were close to snatching a late winner through Ashley Williams and Gareth Bale.

Connacht were close to snatching a try before the break with Leinster's Ireland wing Dave Kearney making a vital intervention to bundle Niyi Adeolokun into touch after Tiernan O'Halloran's grubber kick.

"It is closer to snatching a breath upon surfacing, as though song were of the mere air it sounds in".

With their demolition of Miami in Saturday's "Game of the Century", the Seminoles are very close to snatching up Menudo's top 3 rankings.

Milan, who last lifted the trophy in 2011 when Allegri was their manager, came close to snatching a late winner in normal time when another Suso delivery was nodded down into the ground by Carlos Bacca before being beaten away by Buffon on the line.

In fact, it was they who came close to snatching an unlikely victory when Murray Davidson's header from a Simon Lappin header forced a goal-line save from Fox.

It was incredible that Chelsea came so close to snatching an equaliser, and in defeat their manager displayed shades of José Mourinho during his time at the club; that of a brave tactical transformer.

Still the drama was not over as West Ham came close to snatching all three points.

Now, in an eagerly watched contest in the Democratic primary, Ms. Cummings is running against the man who came close to snatching that victory.

Norwich went close to snatching victory late on, but Pellegrini was not worried by the result, believing there are "five or six" teams who could still win the title.