Example sentences of "[that] i nearly " in BNC.
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| 1 | It happened so fast and so drastically that I nearly slid after him , managing only instinctively to pivot on one foot and throw myself headlong back onto the boards still remaining solid behind the hole . |
| 2 | She was so extraordinarily beautiful that I nearly laughed out loud … |
| 3 | I mused on Toby 's story as I walked towards the clubhouse and so intent was I on my thoughts that I nearly knocked over Sally Drayton as I passed the PGA hut . |
| 4 | So tail-waggingly , bone-snafflingly puppyish that I nearly tickled him under the ears . |
| 5 | A master might also hit you with a pencil box on the buttocks , if you had n't learnt your " verbs " and I was once shaken so violently for crossing out a word in my exercise book when I had been told not to , that I nearly fell down with giddiness . |
| 6 | I found this such a turn-on that I nearly came then and there . |
| 7 | Then I whirled , so quickly that I nearly ricked my neck , as I caught a movement at the edge of my vision . |
| 8 | ‘ You know that I nearly broke my word to you about drinking just now , McAllister . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Has it occurred to you that I nearly disturbed the murderer — that I might have been killed as well ? |
| 10 | ‘ Is n't it enough for you that I nearly died ? ’ |