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(I almost bought things with that counterfeit paper money.)
If the subject is S.O. other than the speaker, Vmasu sci ni naru can be
used, even if the verb is a controllable verb, because whatever happens
to the third person is considered to be beyond the speaker's control.

(Because a small child almost drank sake, the mother
hastily took it away.)

(Because Yamada almost quit the company, his colleagues
retained him with great efforts.)

All the examples of Vrnasu sci ni naru can be replaced by rnci sukoshilchoito
de - suru tokoro datta, except Exs.(f) - (g) in which Vmasu W ni naru is
used in a dependent clause. The latter expression focuses on both the
- impending aspect of something and the point of time at which s.t. occurs,
- but the former focuses only on the impending aspect.
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