Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [vb mod] almost " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fancy I can almost hear him now , exclaiming ‘ Harp ? |
| 2 | In other words , I mean I 'm retired and I mean the point is that my erm experience goes back into the er into the dark ages I can almost say because in these days , you probably realise , I mean if anybody buys a video you do n't ask you do n't look for the book of instructions you ask about a five year old kiddy how to programme it ! |
| 3 | ‘ If I had n't replied to a client for five months I would almost expect a visit from them in response to a complaint ! ’ |
| 4 | In the middle of working on a difficult piece I can almost feel my ears grow , he said . |
| 5 | When she crossed her legs you could almost see her stocking-tops . |
| 6 | If you stand where King Harold 's men awaited William 's troops or walk through the actual battlefield you can almost sense the battle all around you . |
| 7 | If you attend an interview you will almost certainly be asked : |
| 8 | If boards are in too bad a condition to be revived by any of the preceding methods they can almost certainly be retrieved by paint topped up with several coats of polyurethane . |
| 9 | If this is an enemy he will almost certainly be slain . |
| 10 | Indeed , Mr Wolski rarely looked anyone full in the face , seeming meek and quiet as if in a strong wind he might almost have been blown away . |
| 11 | But if you do live in a village you will almost certainly know your vicar , and the same could be said of inner-city communities . |
| 12 | For a second she could almost feel the warm slump of the hare 's body , and its weight when it swung from her hand , heavy and loose , as she carried it home by the ears . |
| 13 | After climbing the hill at Vezelay we could almost feel part of the preaching of St Bernard and the 2nd Crusade . |
| 14 | If the explosive used was Semtex it would almost certainly be the biggest IRA bomb ever planted on the British mainland . |
| 15 | Accommodation on Fregate was in chalets thatched with palm leaves and situated on the top of the beach so that at high tide you could almost jump into the sea from your window . |
| 16 | And the decision she would almost certainly come to would be a hard one to take . |
| 17 | You gave me to understand that even if you had not had your accident you would almost certainly not have come to France to see him at the end . ’ |
| 18 | In some places on exceptionally clear days you can almost see from the south to the north coast . |
| 19 | Sweetheart you can almost do this . |
| 20 | The robe was Chrissie 's , and when Weaver saw her wearing it , from the dimly lit hallway he would almost certainly think it was Chrissie standing there . |
| 21 | By the time we get to your place it 'll almost be Kirsty 's bedtime . |
| 22 | As he walked on down Mouncy Street and into Decimus Street he could almost feel the curious eyes of Phil Jordan on his back . |
| 23 | If one plucks a piece from one of these plants it will almost certainly break along one of the numerous joints that divide the whole plant into segments , right to the tips of the branchlets . |
| 24 | In the latter case we would almost certainly be seeing the galaxy during its formation phase . |
| 25 | … those countries which I could not visit in my proper person , I have so attentively read about , that as I turn round a globe I can almost fancy that I know the appearance and characters of the portions of the great world itself which lie mapped out under my eye , and observe all that is going forward on its surface . |
| 26 | I think of you so hard that after a while I can almost feel you kissing me . |
| 27 | I practise perfecting things I can almost already play . |
| 28 | Sure enough , when I manipulated her hip joints while she was still fast asleep from her anaesthetic I could almost pull the balls out of the sockets . |
| 29 | After her experience in Africa she could almost do that standing on her head . |
| 30 | Her spine , neck and shoulders ached dully , but after a while she could almost relish the aches , as if each physical pain was another blotter for the press of ideas in her head . |