Example sentences of "almost [verb] she [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It almost worked ; almost got her into the room , but then , unexpectedly , she found herself blocked . |
| 2 | He dragged her across Park Lane , dodging a last , straggling taxi , almost threw her over the guard rails on the far side of the road into Hyde Park and strode ahead into the looming darkness of the trees . |
| 3 | I slammed on the brakes , stopping with a jerk that almost threw her on the floor . |
| 4 | Her body was racked at times when the torment had almost driven her across the corridor into Andrew 's bed . |
| 5 | Dashing into the kitchen now , she found Jessie standing at the table and squeezing a lemon into a glass and she had almost pulled her from the table towards the door before she managed to say to her , ‘ He 's … he 's downstairs in the yard . |
| 6 | It had nothing to do with the fact that — that man — had thought it necessary to almost drag her to the top . |
| 7 | Pearl Heart struggled up , then stumbled forward , taking her sister 's arm as she went , almost dragging her from the room , her own tears flowing freely now , her sense of shame unbearable . |
| 8 | He was out of the car and round to her side , opening the door , almost dragging her from the seat and then propelling her up the path . |
| 9 | Then a fiercer gust of wind almost blew her from the path and she hung on to bag and box like grim death . |
| 10 | We both do , ’ and almost dragged her into the restaurant 's bar . |
| 11 | Shaking with terror , Isabel put a hand to the wall in an attempt to hold on to something solid , only to have it scoot across the slimy surface , almost throwing her to the ground . |