Example sentences of "[adj] that [pron] almost [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the winter rains have passed , Delhi experiences two months of weather so perfect and blissful that they almost compensate for the climatic extremes of the other ten months of the year . |
| 2 | Through the first course , clear soup so strong that it almost jellied in an empty soup plate , he talked to Aunt Tossie while she supped up her soup delightedly and gave him gardening secrets for his mother . |
| 3 | The only point the press reports missed was that Jim Prior was so unhappy that he almost threw in his hand and resigned . |
| 4 | Prior Robert was still so blind that he almost stumbled on the steps , but recovered himself with aristocratic dignity and by the time he reached the tiles of the floor was his complacent official self again . |
| 5 | He was so drunk that he almost fell on top of her . |
| 6 | The ham , which everyone ate avidly , and which Sally-Anne forced down , was off and the butter was so rancid that she almost choked over it . |