Example sentences of "[pers pn] could almost [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could almost smell the peat and oil from the lamps ; the flour and the sugar in the big bins and sacks ; and hear children 's voices echoing through the rambling old house . |
| 2 | I could almost bemoan the fact that the two greatest Bach obligato violin parts ( those contained in the St. Matthew Passion ) , are not included ; but then I can hardly blame Miss Battle for not being contralto or bass ( shame though ) ! |
| 3 | Though I says it as should n't , I could almost fancy a bowl o ’ that meself . ’ |
| 4 | I could almost feel the river running behind me , beyond the earthen path . |
| 5 | ‘ I could almost name the poison , ’ said Coffin . |
| 6 | ‘ In the circumstances , I could almost forgive the near-collision last night ! ’ |
| 7 | Well , if that meant Nanny leaving I could almost support the idea . |
| 8 | Suddenly he was close to her , the drinks tray slid expertly on to a counter-top , and she could almost feel the warmth that emanated from his skin . |
| 9 | He was close , his powerful , bare chest pressing up against the towelling of her robe ; she could almost feel the anger pumping around his body . |
| 10 | She could almost hear the crunch they made . |
| 11 | She could almost hear the tick of its works , that and the beat of her heart ; for , if Rab was young enough to be her son , then her husband was old enough to be her father . |
| 12 | The sound from next door had risen to a mechanical drumbeat , like a pneumatic drill hammering away , it was him , banging and banging away at Jenny , she could almost hear the girl 's screams . |
| 13 | In the sudden silence Isabel thought she could almost hear the life of the garden , preparing for its spring blossoming . |
| 14 | She could almost hear the squelching slurp inside her , as he shafted her from the rear . |
| 15 | She could almost hear the tearing of the flesh . |
| 16 | She could almost imagine the door opening and Isabelle coming in to sit down at the dressing-table with its pretty antique tortoiseshell and silver toilet set , humming softly as she loved to do . |
| 17 | She could almost see the thought processes flicker across his brain . |
| 18 | She could almost see the baring of his shark 's teeth . |
| 19 | … Dear old ‘ Hamish ’ , you could almost smell the heather of Scotland when you spoke to him . ’ |
| 20 | The bland presentation of the palaces is something which , in Ms Turton 's view , leaves them vulnerable to gross misinterpretation : ‘ If you were an American visitor you could almost think the Tower of London was built by Walt Disney . |
| 21 | You could almost drink a gin and tonic in that boat . ’ |
| 22 | Turning from downwind to base at around 500 feet I found that you could almost pull the throttle completely back and make a glide approach . |
| 23 | It is well-known that the Blitz started with the burning of the London docks , and that this created a blaze so fierce that you could almost read a newspaper at night eight miles away . |
| 24 | He had missed her moment — he knew he had missed it — ; yet his eyes softened suddenly , and you could almost see the shadow fall from his shoulders as he twinkled down at Laura where she knelt before her dying fire . |
| 25 | And you you know you could almost use the appraisal as an , as an area that you wanted to concentrate |
| 26 | Söll is so warm-hearted you could almost get a tan from the welcome . |
| 27 | So you could almost predict the answer when you think about it , erm before you start to ask the questions . |
| 28 | As Clive Moxon , the Secretary says ‘ we could almost start a branch of our own , with an area , branch , service and district managers , two inspectors , three surveyors , a fumigation manager , a branch secretary , three service controllers and six technicians . ’ |
| 29 | They could almost form a club of their own . |
| 30 | They could almost hear the chink of glasses mixed with chatter and laughter . |