Example sentences of "be almost at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're almost at the lake , ’ he said . |
| 2 | They must be almost at the edge of the cliff . |
| 3 | Those last high-spirited weeks at Alfoxden and Stowey were almost at an end by the time Cottle and Hazlitt left for home . |
| 4 | Still walking east , the party were aware that they were almost at the front line and had to proceed with caution . |
| 5 | They were almost at the church before he wrenched his mind back to the present . |
| 6 | Kaminski and crew were almost at the end of their tour , the pilot being on his 27th mission . |
| 7 | Now the other two were almost at the bottom of the ramp . |
| 8 | They were almost at the house and Ted was already braking . |
| 9 | By the time Maisie and he got clear of the crowd , Aziz and Hasan were almost at the other side of the Common . |
| 10 | Constance was clutching her arm , and they were almost at the church . |
| 11 | The Astra has now clocked up 17,300 miles and our time together is almost at an end . |
| 12 | Is it not surprising that after several years of unremitting devolutionist propaganda from the Scottish Constitutional Convention , support for devolution is almost at an all-time low , according to the opinion polls ? |
| 13 | During winter evenings Capella is almost at the zenith or overhead point , and stands out at once because of its brilliance ; it is in fact the sixth brightest star in the sky , with a magnitude of only just below zero . |
| 14 | It is almost at the level of cliché to make the point that education at school is , outside the family , the most important means by which children are socialised . |
| 15 | However , Geoffrey is almost at the top of his salary scale and does not want extra commitments . |
| 16 | Sylvaner is almost at the bottom of the quality scale ( below Sylvaner is Chasselas , used only in blends ) . |
| 17 | It 's been a bumpy ride , but the bill to privatize British Rail is almost at the end of its long parliamentary journey but the battle is n't over yet , earlier this week hundreds of protestors from a variety of backgrounds gave up a day and travelled from the North to carry their defiant message to Transport Secretary John MacGregor . |
| 18 | London was almost at a standstill , said the man in the cigarette queue , and now it was Liverpool 's turn . |
| 19 | Throughout his life Coleridge found such resolutions far easier to make than to abide by , and in reality his university career was almost at an end , as was any possibility of academic distinction . |
| 20 | Despite this bad start , this was to be the only meeting the unit was to have with Müncheberg 's Messerschmitts , for their time in Sicily was almost at an end . |
| 21 | Tom Reynolds had been a loyal and useful ally but now his usefulness was almost at an end . |
| 22 | The journey was almost at an end . |
| 23 | It was almost at the end of surgery and it was almost as if the doctor were expecting me ; and later , I could hardly wait to tell Leo what had happened . |
| 24 | Mick had arrived before me and was almost at the front . |
| 25 | He lifted his eyes and saw that he was almost at the top . |
| 26 | Silver was almost at the crest when suddenly , from half-way up , there came a high screaming — the sound a rabbit makes , not to call for help or to frighten an enemy , but simply out of terror . |
| 27 | Daak was almost at the front of the platform now , behind the vitreous bubble that protected the cockpit . |
| 28 | Then , it seemed hours later , when he sensed or smelt or somehow divined that he was almost at the road , there came , as likely as not out of his own imagination , the delicate sound of an indrawn breath . |
| 29 | She was almost at the door when Rain said : ‘ I 'll come with you . |
| 30 | Sitting on the tall range , its small legs sticking out over the bright brass rail which acted both as a safety barrier round the hotplates and as a place to hang grubby kitchen towels , the small attendant 's face was almost at the same level as the human 's . |