Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] nearly " in BNC.
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| 1 | Human beings have never touched me so nearly as now when ‘ Nature ’ was so close : I think , too , I never before struck such firm roots into human hearts ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ But when I see those stones here , and ponder — as I was doing when I so nearly precipitated myself upon you — ’ he laughed , gently , at his own folly and again rapiered a look to Miss D'Arcy who , in control now , returned to him the dreamy interest of the truly hooked — ‘ it was Egypt I thought on . |
| 3 | I once nearly read her diary and I thought no I 'd better not |
| 4 | Masklin recognized the wide-eyed , slightly mad smile of someone very nearly in their own personal heaven . |
| 5 | I very nearly choked . |
| 6 | Having said that , one friend is staying over until Boxing Day , and I very nearly lied to her . |
| 7 | I very nearly took you then and there , standing up , in a cold dark cave … after that I needed a little time to sort through my feelings , sabiha tieghi … ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I very nearly married a man called Flugtermans , ’ she said — 'a dentist . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ She was starin' at me so rudely , ’ Lou recounted one day , ‘ I very nearly said , ‘ Wait a minute , I 'll get a basin for your eyes ’ . ’ |
| 10 | I very nearly brought it o |
| 11 | C : = the state in Children which most nearly satisfies |
| 12 | N : = the state in Children which most nearly satisfies Goal-conditions |
| 13 | The uncertainty of catastrophic or chronic illness and the costs incurred means that no developed country leaves health care entirely to the market , even in the United States which most nearly fits the New Right model . |
| 14 | The first is that the recession they have caused and which so nearly ditched them will not go away automatically . |
| 15 | She strangled the reply which so nearly escaped her lips . |
| 16 | He received international recognition from England manager Graham Taylor , and figured in Boro 's Rumbelows League Cup run to the semi-finals which so nearly ended in glory . |
| 17 | Platey particles such as mica flakes may readily pass diagonally through meshes which more nearly spherical grains of identical intermediate diameters can not pass as a result of the length of their short diameters . |
| 18 | The second oral tentacle pore is large lined on each side by 4–6 long rounded tentacle scales which sometimes nearly form a continuous series with the oral papillae . |
| 19 | What happened next was a classic example of foolhardy daring which very nearly came badly unstuck . |
| 20 | Follow Thee more nearly ; |
| 21 | Meanwhile Jeannette makes the most of cuddling the baby she so nearly lost . |
| 22 | But it was Johnson who so nearly turned the game in the second period as Giants clawed their way back from an aggregate deficit of 16 points at 46-37 behind . |
| 23 | But more immediately on his doorstep is continuing unrest among backbenchers who so nearly brought about his downfall last Wednesday . |
| 24 | To see you more clearly , to love you more dearly , to follow you more nearly . |
| 25 | Damages for breach of contract should put you as nearly as possible in the position that you would have occupied had your contract been performed properly — but no better . |
| 26 | Although the original tree that sheltered Charles met an untimely end at the hands of over-zealous patriots , who hacked away branches and roots for souvenirs , you can still see a direct descendant of that famous oak , itself now nearly three hundred years old . |
| 27 | I saw you about nearly five weeks ago . |
| 28 | Then when you had grown enough and mother had carried you there nearly a year , God opened a door for you and brought you out into this world . |
| 29 | ‘ You very nearly got to that stage today . ’ |
| 30 | Terror gripped her so completely that she was incapable of opening it and let it fall to the floor where — she very nearly followed it in a faint . |