Example sentences of "was almost at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | London was almost at a standstill , said the man in the cigarette queue , and now it was Liverpool 's turn . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Tom Reynolds had been a loyal and useful ally but now his usefulness was almost at an end . |
| 5 | The journey was almost at an end . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Mick had arrived before me and was almost at the front . |
| 8 | He lifted his eyes and saw that he was almost at the top . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Daak was almost at the front of the platform now , behind the vitreous bubble that protected the cockpit . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She was almost at the door when Rain said : ‘ I 'll come with you . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She was almost at the first port of call — one of Luke 's list . |
| 15 | She liked Min and Jo and so she walked past the newsagents smiling , without noticing until she was almost at the next newsagents , which ran out of her newspaper by ten in the morning . |
| 16 | I was almost at the centre of the group when I saw the light in the trees . |
| 17 | I was almost at the corner of Stuart Street when a car slowed up into the corner of my eye . |