Example sentences of "[pers pn] almost do n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | I almost did n't bother to take a degree , it seemed so pointless . |
| 2 | And it was so lovely to see a bathful of hot water and a proper place that I almost did n't care . |
| 3 | ‘ I almost did n't know you . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I would be delighted to design the flowers for your wedding … | ’ The daydream was so engrossing that she almost did n't see the man and the girl struggling on the pavement opposite . |
| 5 | They had endless meetings with the producer and the reporters who would be covering the day , and Kathleen laid the law down with such charm and skill they almost did n't notice . |
| 6 | Later I ask if the years of drug abuse — he made the lost classic ‘ On The Beach ’ using honey slides ( lumps of hashish melted in honey ) , he almost did n't appear in The Band 's Last Waltz movie because there was a massive , subsequently disguised , lump of cocaine hanging from his left nostril — are still wearing heavy on him . |