Example sentences of "[noun] almost an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took fire crews almost an hour to rescue Robert Stanley who fell fifteen feet into the vat at Long Crendon in Buckinghamshire . |
| 2 | Sweetheart nor Buddie had spoken to him since he was called down from his room almost an hour ago . |
| 3 | The Church remained a supernatural fortress set against the world , its walls manned night and day by the committed , its lonely leader almost an oracle of heavenly wisdom . |
| 4 | And — an important factor this , in view of the way that we found some commercial lenders now tend to make repetitive and cumulative borrowing almost an end in itself , rather than simply the means of funding one desired purchase — the union has no interest in persuading its members to borrow . |
| 5 | It took firefighters almost an hour to free the passenger who was treated at the scene by paramedics . |
| 6 | This expedition began this morning almost an hour later than I had planned , despite my having completed my packing and loaded the ford with all necessary items well before eight o'clock . |
| 7 | And he had at his disposal almost an embarrassment rather than a shortage of political experience . |
| 8 | On the other hand : it is no obstacle to the sum stipulated being a genuine pre-estimate of damage , that the consequences of the breach are such as to make precise pre-estimation almost an impossibility . |
| 9 | It is Hogan 's first role since the 1989 box office disaster Almost An Angel . |