Example sentences of "almost [prep] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked , and was impressed almost against her will , for everything was as he said . |
| 2 | The newness of the scar , the crudity of the glimpse it afforded into long-past prosperities and distresses , the very fact that no one , since this city was abandoned overnight , had threaded the maze below — a matter of fifteen centuries or more — drew her imagination almost against her will , and she turned her head in involuntary salute and promise , knowing she would come back again and again . |
| 3 | Then , driven almost against her will , she searched the following pages , but there was only one more mention of Elise . |
| 4 | She had the tremendous feeling that Ana was speaking almost against her will , as if the words were being torn from her . |
| 5 | Intrigued almost against her will , Isabel shifted her eyes to his face — and , in the space of a heartbeat , five and a half years vanished from her life . |
| 6 | All things being equal , she can continue to have intercourse — and enjoy it — almost throughout her life . |
| 7 | But Arabella Buckley , with a murderer who was not ‘ one of us ’ almost under her thumb , was not going to let him go so easily . |
| 8 | The last words were spoken almost under her breath but her eyes were fixed on Lessingham 's face . |
| 9 | To have Midnight lying almost above her head and yet to be incapable of protecting him , or even taking the water he needed , was a kind of torment . |
| 10 | The upper slopes rose softly almost from her collar bone , the lower curves were rich and full and the nipples pointed invitingly upwards . |
| 11 | She heard herself talking , but it was almost in her sleep , and her voice gradually trailed away . |
| 12 | In the background she could hear the band performing another number , the muted hum of conversation as people went about their own business and then , sharply , intrusively , a voice almost in her ear . |
| 13 | Alain lifted his head and looked down at her and she was still staring mesmerised into his dark eyes when a voice she knew already spoke almost in her ear . |
| 14 | How was she supposed to concentrate with that sprawling figure almost in her line of vision ? |
| 15 | Half an hour later , driven by a resolve almost beyond her comprehension , she was across the lake , informing Tilly that it had become necessary for her to take up more permanent residence at the Lodge . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He was looking at the scar that ran from her hip almost to her knee . |
| 21 | Turning , she found Michele almost at her elbow . |