Example sentences of "almost like a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To them Jesus is someone with special powers , almost like a hypnotist , who could place inside a person the belief that he or she could be healed and therefore show faith . |
| 2 | Almost like a rabbit looking at a snake , the mind is in a vice of non-comprehension . |
| 3 | The story begins almost like a fairy tale with the old king calling upon the three princesses to divide his kingdom among them and ‘ shake all cares and business from [ his ] age ’ . |
| 4 | It was true I wanted to kiss her very much , but I felt that kiss was almost like a coin thrown to a poor common boy , and not worth anything . |
| 5 | Since the Mayott home was modernised last year , all thirty six residents have the choice to live in small groups , almost like a home from home . |
| 6 | ‘ Then you are without female dependants , ’ said Sophia , almost like a chairman summing up at a meeting . |
| 7 | It was pleasantly warm in the little hall , Rupert thought , noticing the red glow of a paraffin heater , almost like a sanctuary lamp or the lamp that was said to have burnt clear in Tullia 's tomb , for close on fifteen hundred years . |
| 8 | Dave also played the old fashioned curved soprano sax , which looks almost like a toy instrument but it sounded clear and forceful in his hands . |
| 9 | What impressed me most was the support the boot gave — almost like a ski boot but with no compromise of movement or sensation of cramping . |
| 10 | She found that by giving a little leap she could stride across almost like a grown-up . |
| 11 | You seem almost like a farmer to me . ’ |
| 12 | almost like a question mark |
| 13 | A look crossed his eyes , almost like a warning . |
| 14 | job if there 's gon na be an exercise or a they like it to be a real-life practical situation , almost like a simulation of the job rather than something that 's er for example if you were to do a case study , pragmatists would like it be in an insurance-related case study and it could be related to their job very . |
| 15 | The whole structure was , and to some extent was intended to be , quite flexible , almost like a basket . |
| 16 | Albert Schweitzer pointed out that there is a modesty of spirit which should not be violated , although occasionally one 's close friends may be revealed to one in special moments , almost like a flash of lightning which illuminates briefly but clearly . |
| 17 | She seemed almost like a god to them . |
| 18 | He looked young and carefree , almost like a boy . |
| 19 | A real fifties style , it was made of very thin ciré and looked almost like a dress , with its circular skirt and stand-up collar . |
| 20 | You might try it on them , almost like a competition . |
| 21 | This produces extraordinary scenes when traffic is heavy , with cars proceeding smoothly and quietly over the ramps , almost like a school of porpoises . |
| 22 | Yeah I mean this looks almost like a school but I mean |
| 23 | She repeated it now almost like a child , and for a woman of thirty-two with a child of her own , she looked astonishingly childlike herself . |
| 24 | Now she looked almost like a child about to be scolded for some minor misdemeanour . |
| 25 | She looked at the pictures of the Spitfire , and trembled to think that his survival depended , in part , on such a little plane , almost like a child 's toy to her sophisticated eyes . |
| 26 | I take on board everything that Lesley said , but I still feel in my heart that there are times when you 're dealing with people who just need to be treated almost like a child again for a while and maybe maybe it 's a good place where the legislation leaves it , better than going to a sort of situation where healthy people might get pushed into asylums or whatever , but somehow I 'm not totally happy with where we are . |
| 27 | But it 's sort of thick and chewy it 's not , you know it 's not flaky like fish , it 's like a almost like a meat . |
| 28 | Immediately on arrival she would put on her white coat , and at once she felt different , no longer young and uncertain , but a professional woman , almost like a scientist , a recognised member of the Lab staff . |
| 29 | ‘ Copper Blue ’ has a more upbeat fictional stories — Man On The Moon is almost like a limerick or something from a children 's book — but on the other hand there 's something like The Slim , which might be the harshest thing I 've ever written . |
| 30 | It was almost like a second , floating city in the shadow of Talisker itself . |