Example sentences of "almost to [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Delaney and Forster were engulfed in a hammering storm of water that forced them almost to their knees . |
| 2 | He yanked down with his hand and lifted his head , biting a chunk out of the glass , then turned the rim and bit again , splintering the glass almost to its stem . |
| 3 | It had once been a well , serving the monastery , but when the Red Guards had come they had filled it with broken statuary , almost to its rim , and now the water — channelled from the hills above by way of an underground stream — rose to the lip of the well . |
| 4 | The big cup with the chipped handle had been filled almost to its brim with milky cocoa . |
| 5 | The necklace was a collar of dull silver , two hinged silver pieces knobbed with moonstones which snapped into place around her lean neck and rose up almost to her chin so that she could hardly move her head . |
| 6 | Despite the chilly autumn afternoon , she was wearing a thin old-fashioned dress which came down almost to her ankles . |
| 7 | There was a bracelet above one elbow , and the skirt came down , narrowing at the bottom , almost to her ankles . |
| 8 | Tonight her skirt was rucked up almost to her waist and she found this was even better than usual because the bulge fitted neatly between her thighs and touched even deeper chords of excitement . |
| 9 | It tumbled over her slim straight shoulders in deep shining waves that reached almost to her waist , and her beautiful , heart-shaped face shone like a child 's . |
| 10 | Her own bosom was strictly confined by the stays beneath her bodice , which was tightly hooked from her waist almost to her throat , with a neck-ruff concealing even the pale expanse between her collar bones . |
| 11 | He was looking at the scar that ran from her hip almost to her knee . |
| 12 | A quick look round to see if anyone on the faculty might be listening and then , traitorously , raising her glass almost to her lips , ‘ In fact , I sometimes wonder if we are n't all dead . ’ |
| 13 | To face herself in a mirror without flinching : neat mid-brown hair that grew in orderly waves , a little longer than her father would have liked , almost to her shoulders , but not the shaggy bird 's nest it had been on Mars . |
| 14 | Her earrings are long , falling almost to her shoulders , strands of tiny men and women climbing the chrome pieces of an antique watch . |
| 15 | Sabine had inherited her mother 's fair hair , and wore it sleekly cut in a similar straight bob , swinging almost to her shoulders . |
| 16 | She went to the full-length mirror beside her dressing-table , pulling off the headband she had worn in the bath and releasing the glossy brown hair that tumbled almost to her shoulders . |
| 17 | Then we saw those woods erupt into one big ball of flame and a pillar of smoke rose almost to our altitude as that fuel dump went up ’ . |
| 18 | I further discovered , with cautious movements of my foot , that it was possible to extend the mark from just above his knee almost to his ankle , leaving an interesting streak on the trouser leg . |
| 19 | Without waiting to be invited he sat down beside her and crossed his legs , the trousers riding up almost to his calf . |
| 20 | He was wearing a polonecked sweater of such advanced dilapidation that the hem hung in long woollen fronds almost to his knees , and as he tremblingly attempted to light his pipe he looked very vulnerable . |
| 21 | He had a cheeky mischievous face and his fine blond hair came down almost to his shoulders . |