Example sentences of "[pers pn] was all but " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was all but out of the door on her way to Oxford Street when , incredibly , she found herself shaking , so much so that she went back into the tiny bedroom and lay down . |
| 2 | She snuggled down beneath the duvet , desperately trying not to think that just a short while ago it had been wrapped round his powerful body , but as she turned her face into the pillow she was all but overwhelmed by the scent of him — a clean , heady , masculine smell that owed nothing to any kind of artificial fragrance . |
| 3 | For a moment she stood transfixed in shock and disbelief ; then she screamed , and the scream drained her lungs until she was all but suffocated . |
| 4 | She knew what this man was , knew he was capable of raiding hearts just as easily as nightclubs , yet here she was all but melting away because he 'd touched her ! |
| 5 | In 1863 it was all but gutted by a disastrous fire , but mercifully the ashlar-faced east façade remained entirely intact with its projected balustraded bay , its shell-headed niches , its eccentric demonstration of Doric , Ionic and Corinthian columns in three tiers — all in Purbeck stone . |
| 6 | Despite their preponderance in numbers still — for probably not a great many had been slain — fleeing in all directions as they had done , horseless and with few if any senior commanders , it was all but inconceivable that they could re-form and offer any coherent opposition . |
| 7 | It was all but won and she felt at peace . |
| 8 | It was all but over . |
| 9 | The Slav-Greek-Viking metropolis was capital of one of the greatest states in medieval Europe : it was all but destroyed in 1240 by the Mongols under Genghis Khan 's grandson Khan Baty . |
| 10 | Macca said in his column , that nobody knew about the deal until it was all but completed and said he was sure everyone at Leeds and the supporters would wish him great success at Blackburn . |
| 11 | It was all but over , and they had him . |