Example sentences of "almost a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE scene was a Tory idyll , almost a caricature of Home Counties Britishness . |
| 2 | Reminiscing recently with his old friend Jimmy Scullion , the father of World champion Andy Scullion , the two men have almost a century of drumming knowledge between them . |
| 3 | Almost a quarter of road accidents happen in the middle of the afternoon and experts are warning that just one drink at lunchtime can make you fall asleep at the wheel . |
| 4 | Again , there was a slight hiccup when the entire Leyland Class 155 fleet were withdrawn for almost a year with door troubles ; they opened while the train was running . |
| 5 | We 've had almost a minute of stoppage time and Leicester lead by that single David Speedy goal from what seems a long time ago now in the first half . |
| 6 | Almost a minute of injury time had ticked away when he jinked through from the left to fire an inch-perfect shot just inside keeper Jon Hallworth 's far post . |
| 7 | Some have been sighted more than thirty feet in length , cruising almost a kilometre above sea level . |
| 8 | Many children and even staff have almost a phobia about school toilets and try to avoid using them if at all possible . |