Example sentences of "almost to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The big cup with the chipped handle had been filled almost to its brim with milky cocoa . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He was looking at the scar that ran from her hip almost to her knee . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Without waiting to be invited he sat down beside her and crossed his legs , the trousers riding up almost to his calf . |