Sentence examples of "estuvo a punto de" in Spanish

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Ella estuvo a punto de ahogarse. She came near being drowned.
El niño estuvo a punto de ahogarse. The child came near being drowned.
Estuvo a punto de perder un ojo. He came close to losing an eye.
Ella estuvo a punto de caerse de la plataforma. She came close to falling off the platform.
De nuevo Hawking estuvo a punto de darse por vencido. Again Hawking was almost ready to give up.
Ella estuvo a punto de ser arrollada por un camión. She was very nearly run over by a truck.
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