Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] almost [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tom Reynolds had been a loyal and useful ally but now his usefulness was almost at an end . |
| 2 | Despite this bad start , this was to be the only meeting the unit was to have with Müncheberg 's Messerschmitts , for their time in Sicily was almost at an end . |
| 3 | Throughout his life Coleridge found such resolutions far easier to make than to abide by , and in reality his university career was almost at an end , as was any possibility of academic distinction . |
| 4 | The journey was almost at an end . |
| 5 | M. B. In those days , the police were almost like an élite force because if you joined , people would say : ‘ He 's joined the police . |
| 6 | Those last high-spirited weeks at Alfoxden and Stowey were almost at an end by the time Cottle and Hazlitt left for home . |