Example sentences of "almost [prep] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost as if without one or two eccentricities he would feel characterless . |
| 2 | Ace held up the black lace provocatively by its straps , almost as if with humour he could defuse the situation between them . |
| 3 | Satisfied , Barry Silk laid the last item of his equipment lovingly down , almost as if for a kit inspection . |
| 4 | It was almost as if by kissing her he released some of that pent-up fury which lay simmering inside him . |
| 5 | Although Steven Morrissey 's general depression , disgust and horror was certainly fuel for his songwriting ( he wrote constantly , almost as if in anticipation of the forthcoming band ) , he never really thought to question why he wrote . |
| 6 | It is almost as if in Ichthus the word evangelism is synonymous with church planting . |
| 7 | An eminent psychologist has remarked that a man in a mood is almost as if in the grip of a small psychosis , and can find himself helpless in the face of it , unless he has trained himself not to identify with it too strongly . |
| 8 | She must have been upstairs because almost as if in answer to him we heard her heavy tread on the stairs . |
| 9 | During the past year , he decided to devote himself completely to healing and , almost as if in response , phenomena more powerful than anything before have started to happen . |
| 10 | And when he spoke again , it was almost as if in reverence . |
| 11 | The lines remain constant almost as if in defiance at the narrowing down of life in the actual theme or to provide a strong medium for the subject of the weakness of old age . |