Example sentences of "almost [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The figures below ( Table 1.1 ) show that whereas the total size of the population aged 65 and over will not rise substantially ( it will in fact fall between 1991 and 2001 ) , those aged 85 and over will almost double in number in England and Wales , from just over half a million to almost one million ( an increase of 88 per cent ) . |
| 2 | When I put this to Charlie he almost choked with laughter . |
| 3 | Owen dashed up almost blinded with sweat . |
| 4 | This almost led to grounding of the plane but replacement with an incompatible elastomer made from ethylene-propylene copolymer rectified the fault . |
| 5 | I was almost paralysed with fear , until outrage took over . |
| 6 | Here there was a delay , for Fiver — surrounded on all sides by the quiet summer evening — became helpless and almost paralysed with fear . |
| 7 | That , and the mild hysteria that a tiny audience always engenders , got Charles going too , and the pair of them were almost paralysed by laughter . |
| 8 | For one brief moment it felt as though she was almost drowning in ecstasy , and then she felt Ross removing his lips , cursing violently under his breath as he withdrew his arms from about her body . |
| 9 | The man stepped back into the centre of the circle , and seemed almost to go to sleep . |
| 10 | She held her breath and opened the door a crack — then almost fainted with relief as the steward enquired politely , ‘ Will you be requiring tea or coffee in the morning ? ’ |
| 11 | She almost fainted with shock , but had already learned that the edicts of the couturier ( one of the last true autocrats of the Western world ) were not to be questioned . |
| 12 | Clare almost fainted from surprise and anxiety , horror and shame . |
| 13 | She peered over the bag of groceries clasped to her bosom and was almost consumed by envy . |
| 14 | Writs for the holding of the regard in forests such as Sherwood , Galtres , pickering , Inglewood and Rutland continued to be sent out from the Chancery during the fifteenth century , but the Forest Eyre , which would have punished offences revealed by the regard , had now almost fallen into desuetude . |
| 15 | She peered out of the window again , hoping that she might perhaps have imagined the scene below , but Miss Hardbroom had not moved and was now almost hidden from view by the smoke . |
| 16 | It was parked next to the wall and almost hidden from view by the red Studebaker beside it . |
| 17 | He told Rufus to drive a bit more slowly and this time he spotted the six-foot-wide gap in the hedge with , on the right-hand side , almost hidden by cow parsley growing up and elderflowers hanging down , the wooden box on legs with its hinged lid into which Hilbert's-mail and newspapers and milk had been delivered . |
| 18 | To her surprise , there proved to be perceptive judgements about qualities in Michelangelo 's work , almost hidden in catalogue entries ; more than one art historian , apparently , was not only learned but had an eye . |
| 19 | Almost drained of energy the two of them leave Kembel , once a jungle world , now just dust and sand . |
| 20 | In some cases mastery of the ‘ hidden curriculum ’ can almost compensate for lack of ability . |
| 21 | Rose was almost weeping with fear and frustration . |
| 22 | Francis was almost weeping with anger and frustration . |
| 23 | He had been fiercely possessive , racked by an agony of passionate wanting and yet somehow retaining sufficient control to assert his mastery , denying her fulfilment , waiting until she was almost weeping with desire , as if he needed to hear her husky throbbing pleas confirming his dominion in the relationship . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's none of your damned business ! ’ she snapped half-heartedly , yet his words struck a raw nerve and she almost winced in pain , because Ryan had only been ardent at first ; after that , it had been she who had made the advances . |
| 25 | His big body almost trembled with passion — dark , aggressive , sexual and violent , his hand seemed big enough to break her jaw . |
| 26 | And another by a vast flame-coloured tapestry that almost flickered with heat . |
| 27 | NEWCASTLE UNITED were so bad against New Zealand on Tuesday , said Kevin Keegan , he almost rose from retirement and the dug-out to apply a little first-hand help . |
| 28 | ‘ Of course you wo n't , ’ said my mother , almost squeaking with exasperation . |
| 29 | Today the intermingled old streets and waterfront are almost suffocated by grain warehouses . |
| 30 | His voice was entirely without emotion and he looked almost dazed with fatigue . |