Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] almost see [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could almost see the thought processes flicker across his brain . |
| 2 | She could almost see the baring of his shark 's teeth . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She can almost see the sickness there , like a worm in a nut . |
| 5 | And look — you can almost see a face in the lumps and fissures of the bark . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | If I take the Metro you can almost see the petrol gauge dying in front of you . ’ |