Example sentences of "almost [vb past] the [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She almost dropped the line in disgust , but managed to hold it and started to swing it back and forth like a skipping rope in wider and wider slow arcs . |
| 2 | Willie almost dropped the clod of earth he was holding . |
| 3 | Ironically Roche , who was so effective at creating business , appeared unable to manage it , and almost drove the firm to bankruptcy when he became its president . |
| 4 | The Inquisitor 's voice , as picked up by the spy-fly , almost drowned the crackle of gunfire . |
| 5 | During Lloyd George 's premiership , the counterpoint of coalition almost drowned the theme of party , and many Unionists feared for the survival of politics as they knew it . |