• The journey by bus took one week, and we were almost caught several times.

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  • Andrew Trimble's break straight after the restart almost caught Munster napping before the danger was averted.

    BBC: Munster 24-10 Ulster

  • GM, Ford and Chrysler tried to improve: by 2006 they had almost caught up with Japanese standards of efficiency and even quality.

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  • They were almost caught out, though, when Spurs broke and Luka Modric crossed for Roman Pavlyuchenko, who should have got his header on target.

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  • His flick-on from Jordi Gomez's corner almost caught out Hull keeper Matt Duke and the home stopper then turned away the Dutchman's fierce 20-yard effort.

    BBC: Hull City 2-3 Wigan

  • The hosts kept up the pressure and Goodwillie's spinning cross almost caught Cerny off his line, the keeper getting back in time to tip over.

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  • The Pars almost caught Aberdeen out when Clarke made a surging run into their half, attracting four players in red who seemingly failed to notice Kirk running in support.

    BBC: Sport - Football - Aberdeen 1-0 Dunfermline

  • Suddenly, there was desperation in the air for Spurs and they were almost caught on the break by John Utaka, but he wasted the final pass and Luka Modric was able to recover.

    BBC: Tottenham 0-2 Portsmouth (aet)

  • At the other end Pranjic almost caught Boruc out with a cross that landed on the top of the crossbar, before Poland had arguably their best effort up to that point through Roger Guerreiro.

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  • They were almost caught napping early on when Barry Bannan slid a ball inside right-back Wes Brown to find Stewart Downing and it needed centre-back Rio Ferdinand to come across and clear out the danger.

    BBC: Aston Villa 2-2 Man Utd

  • The Reds were almost caught unawares when Burak Yilmaz stole in to win a corner to the near post but he could not get the direction to his header as the ball went harmlessly across the area.

    BBC: Liverpool 1-0 Trabzonspor

  • But the near-farcical playing surface, with the ball repeatedly held up in surface water, put Chelsea's passing game all at sea and Frank Leboeuf was almost caught out on the edge of his area trying to dribble clear.

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  • Alexander, who replaced regular first-choice goalkeeper Allan McGregor as per the previous rounds of the competition, wanted too much time with a backpass and was almost caught by Jack Ross but the ball rebounded out for a goal-kick.

    BBC: St Mirren 0-1 Rangers

  • Sunderland looked a different team after the restart and Mancini cut a frustrated figure on the touchline as the hosts hustled and harried their disjointed opponents, with Hart called into action for the first time when the impressive Elmohamady's cross almost caught him out at the near post.

    BBC: Sunderland 1-0 Manchester City

  • Franck Ribery was an early threat down the left and his low cross after seven minutes should have been converted by Govou, while playmaker Yoann Gourcuff had few opportunities to showcase his skills - although he almost caught Fernando Muslera out with a free-kick from a tight angle on 17 minutes.

    BBC: Uruguay 0-0 France

  • Dell, HP, Intel and Microsoft have all been slow to move and almost seem caught by surprise.

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  • These saps almost always get caught and sent to prison for a long time.

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  • Leicester City Council introduced cameras in Charles Street and Causeway Lane in July and caught almost 20, 000 drivers in the first four months.

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  • England's eagerness to grab a first-leg lead almost saw them caught on the break but Germany's final ball let them down too often when they had a man over in attack.

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  • At first, almost all poultry that caught bird flu quickly sickened and died within a day or two.

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  • Collingwood, not called upon until the 33rd over, saw his first ball flicked for four by Umar Akmal, but revenge was almost instant, a caught and bowled accounting for the batsman two balls later.

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  • Flintoff had almost had Yuvraj Singh caught with his first delivery of the day, but more steepling bounce found the edge in the same over and Jones took off to snaffle the catch to the left of first slip.

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  • Out of 218 confirmed human cases almost all those infected have caught the disease from poultry.

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  • If we were outside discount stores people would almost act as if they were caught in the act.

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  • In 2007, everything changed almost overnight and Kodak was completely caught unprepared.

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  • Everton might even have sealed victory as a fast break caught Arsenal out again almost straight from the kick-off but Almunia saved James Vaughan's low shot.

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  • 'The biggest one I caught weighed 8kg and was almost my height, at around 170cm, ' recalls Lars.

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  • Among his victims was India skipper VVS Laxman, who hung around for almost three hours for 31 before being caught by Jean-Paul Duminy.

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  • Macklin was throwing plenty but looked a little over-eager and almost paid the price when he was caught twice coming in midway through the third.

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  • It was there that he went to bat for low-income black parents who, like scores of parents who send their kids to underperforming schools throughout America, are caught in a frustrating and almost comical paradox.

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