Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] almost " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was so long ago that I 've almost forgotten . |
| 2 | [ I was ] so oppressed by a sense of sin that I felt almost as if I should die ! |
| 3 | Mostly , I feel so inadequate that I think almost anyone could do the job better than I. I mean , Karen 's trained and Edna s had a lifetime s experience . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , Miguel , you say these things in such a serious voice that I do almost believe you . |
| 5 | There was none of the humour you usually saw in it , and there was a fixed look about the eyes that I found almost frightening . |
| 6 | Oh , what pleasure would it be to me were there a good understanding between my mother and myself , when I am assured if I know my own heart , that I am so far from having any ill against her that I have almost undone myself to serve her … |
| 7 | In 1904 he wrote to the poet and critic Arthur Symons : ‘ I have , however , of late years , lapsed so deeply into my early weakness for verse , & have found the condensed expression that it affords so much more consonant to my natural way of thinking & feeling that I have almost forgotten the prose effusions for the time . ’ |
| 8 | And I grew almost impatient , thinking , when is it going to begin ? |
| 9 | And I had almost forgotten the lilt of a Scottish accent , the sense of pleasure that can flow behind its reserve . |
| 10 | ‘ In the end Brian and I knew almost without saying where the ball would go to , particularly if the opposition tried a last-second diversion . |
| 11 | I open some of the popular newspapers covering some people 's private lives or great national tragedies and I feel almost ashamed and embarrassed to live in the same society as people who can produce that sort of stuff . ’ |
| 12 | Money 's not brilliant but sometimes I see my name on the front page and I feel almost successful for a while , until I come to something like this . ’ |
| 13 | I benefitted amazingly from the experience and I think almost anybody who has ever worked with Lindsay has benefitted from the experience . |
| 14 | ‘ It was heart-breaking — she looked so frail , I felt as if I 'd almost lost her , ’ says her mum . |
| 15 | But I slept almost all the next day . ’ |
| 16 | She never would say why but I felt almost sure she was doing it against him , either to spite him or to gain his attention . |
| 17 | I do n't know what it was , but I felt almost disembodied , ten feet tall and near to God . |
| 18 | I ca n't even claim to know what he would want done , because I know almost nothing about him . |
| 19 | I got my wings and I 'm gon na do my share , but as I got almost two years here , I found myself worrying about some poor tailgunner that was n't feeling well as he went on the airplane . |