Mō sukoshi-de kuruma-ni hikareru tokoro-datta. (He very nearly got run over by a car.)
Situation 1: Mrs. Shiba talks to her husband about their young son, Jun.
妻：今日、保育園の帰りに、じゅんが急に私の手を離して 大通りに飛び出したの。もう少しで車にひかれるところだった。
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