Example sentences of "[pron] can almost [vb infin] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can almost feel the spray , and taste the salt in the air . ’ |
| 2 | As I write , I can almost hear the protests of those with families to feed — ‘ It 's the one time we can all sit down together ’ or ‘ I do n't have time to cook several different meals each evening ’ . |
| 3 | I ca n't see Rainbow , but I can almost hear the blood drain from her face . |
| 4 | Tarvie trout fight like fury and are beautifully marked with bright red spots ; and in this delightful little loch there are some excellent fish which can almost pull the rod from your hand in their first mad rush . |
| 5 | She can almost see the sickness there , like a worm in a nut . |
| 6 | When she sings something like ‘ Nothing Left At All ’ you can almost feel the sky closing in tight above you , getting so close that you could reach up with a broomstick and touch it . |
| 7 | If you stand where King Harold 's men awaited William 's troops or walk through the actual battlefield you can almost sense the battle all around you . |
| 8 | In the early morning at Giza , before the tourist buses and the touts , you can almost have the pyramids to yourself . |
| 9 | You can almost see the word ‘ this ’ underlined and highlighted with disgust — ‘ is this the reason for mankind and the millions of years of evolution necessary to produce it ? ’ , says the soldier . |
| 10 | ‘ Pretty things , ’ wrote Sawyer and Darton of illustrated books in general , ‘ pleasant to fondle , more ready to display to a bibliophile those tiny points of an exquisite technique over which it is legitimate to gloat … the spot of ink adjusted on a Corinthian 's cheek to a thousandth of an inch , or a black line so thin and firm that you can almost see the metal caressing it on to the honest untimbered white paper . ’ |
| 11 | Throughout this gargantuan meal the talk was almost entirely concentrated on food , on remembering other great meals , or discussing the quality of the ham and the other salumi : ‘ It must n't just be pink ; it must n't be too fat , and it should be cut so thin that you can almost see the church tower through it . ’ |
| 12 | If I take the Metro you can almost see the petrol gauge dying in front of you . ’ |
| 13 | And yeah another one connected to this whole lifestyle , aspirational argument the image the brochures give us of a couple si sitting on a terrace with , you know , you can almost hear the music in the background , the sun setting over the sea . |
| 14 | You can almost hear the excitement pouring out of the Master as one of his pupils gets the hang of something he 's been teaching and modelling for the past year . |
| 15 | ‘ Right , we found one , let's get going , the ground is getting hot and you can almost hear the flames , ’ ordered Carter . |
| 16 | You can almost hear the soil gulping . |
| 17 | There are also a disconcerting number of rustlings and clickings , perhaps because the recording is so close you can almost hear the stardust settling . |
| 18 | Above : You can almost hear the roar of the sea in the aptly named Shell bathroom suite from Texas Homecare 's imaginative range |
| 19 | You can almost hear the Marketing Dept 's collective brain cogs clunking slowly into gear : British Band … sound a bit like American Band … duh … |
| 20 | Squeeze a little fresh orange juice over the fruit — you can almost taste the energy ! |
| 21 | Now the rhythm section 's so strong and permanent , we can almost deconstruct the songs and create more space in what we 're doing . ’ |
| 22 | The immediate post-war years had been the last classic period of the film as social sermon and one can almost sense the relief as the studios discovered that social context did not need quite as much emphasis . |
| 23 | It certainly freshens up the dusty atmosphere , and one can almost see the grass and leaves on the trees beginning to sprout . |
| 24 | The 1984 performance starts with dodgy ensemble , and one can almost imagine the glint in Mravinsky 's eye at the mis-tuning of the first note in the main violin theme . |
| 25 | They can almost grip the ground as they walk . ’ |