Example sentences of "[noun] she [vb mod] almost " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And the decision she would almost certainly come to would be a hard one to take . |
| 3 | After her experience in Africa she could almost do that standing on her head . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | For brief moments that day she could almost believe she was talking about third parties . |
| 6 | And afterwards , for a second she had felt him relax against her , his body spent , his feelings so near the surface she could almost reach out and touch them , and then he had wrenched himself away from her and the defences had gone slamming back up , shutting her out . |
| 7 | She knew herself well enough to know that if he challenged her account in the latter mode she 'd almost certainly lose her temper with him , and then the atmosphere between them , which had been ( with the exception of his overtures ) so easy and undemanding , would be spoiled . |
| 8 | Yet jumping on the bed she could almost be a normal , happy little girl . |