Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] almost as " in BNC.
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| 1 | You said that in the nature of things you 've always needed the money almost as of yesterday . |
| 2 | Along with Lieutenant Bill Lloyd he had perfected the techniques for getting ashore among rocks ; but now Bill Lloyd was badly wounded , hit in the neck almost as soon as they began their grenade-tossing dash , firing tommy-guns from the hip . |
| 3 | His trouble this time was that masons , carpenters , and other mechanics were leaving the job almost as soon as they started , because of the outrageous rents being demanded by the people with houses bordering the line , especially in Rhyll , where they wanted ten shillings a week just for a room . |
| 4 | Hong Kong casts a spell over the visitor almost as soon as your aircraft weaves its way between high-rise blocks to land at the chaotic airport . |
| 5 | All the way from Kreuzlingen to Rorschach the road follows the lake almost as though they were happy partners in some holiday excursion . |
| 6 | He shot through the door almost as soon as it was opened , closely followed by a small , bald-headed individual carrying what looked like a suitcase . |
| 7 | In Salisbury the station remained an elongated single-platformed structure throughout its history , with all the passenger and office facilities provided in a building almost as long as the platform itself . |
| 8 | Albert has scorned a stammer that he will tell you has got him into trouble on more than one occasion on the golf course ; and he emerged from brother Alfie 's shadow to partner his own Open champion — a player who at one time was reputed to throw a 5-iron almost as long as he could hit it , and who , it was told , sometimes sacked two caddies a week — to the prized claret jug . |
| 9 | But , it is equally vital to recognize that the reversal of reforms began well before Mao 's victory in China in 1949 , indeed , it appears that one section of the US occupation was anticipating a reversal almost as the constitution was being drafted . |