Example sentences of "almost [vb past] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | She almost argued with him , but his hand had slipped meaningfully down to the handle of his knife . |
| 2 | When I put this to Charlie he almost choked with laughter . |
| 3 | Crushed as she was close to them , their smell filled her nostrils until she almost choked with it . |
| 4 | England scraped 1–0 victories twice last year when the Turks were not closed down and the result was that , at times , they almost toyed with us in midfield . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ? ’ |
| 7 | By the time Robert Forbes was introduced to Lorna Lewis he was free , rich and forty-one ; his hair had turned almost completely white and he was the perfect partner for a beautiful actress , eighteen years old , who was so full of ambition she almost trembled with it . |
| 8 | His big body almost trembled with passion — dark , aggressive , sexual and violent , his hand seemed big enough to break her jaw . |
| 9 | And another by a vast flame-coloured tapestry that almost flickered with heat . |
| 10 | By comparison , Britain 's first lady , Norma Major , is a quiet , unassuming woman who almost squirmed with discomfort when her husband became Prime Minister . |
| 11 | Almost danced with joy as the royal corpse was brought back from Kinghorn ? |
| 12 | The thin man almost danced with anxiety and tried to get in Michael 's way . |
| 13 | Gideon 's wood and Red wood , two large game coverts , blocked the view to the north of the park ; they almost joined with Home wood , a coppice to the immediate north of the house . |
| 14 | His strength was compelling , drawing her closer until their bodies almost brushed with every step . |
| 15 | Then she almost collapsed with relief when she heard Julius 's voice . |
| 16 | In fact , Time magazine almost went with the coverline ‘ Is Feminism Dead ? ’ according to the article 's author , senior editor Claudia Wallis . |
| 17 | Olive had been expecting so many horrors that hearing the question she almost laughed with relief . |
| 18 | Trent almost laughed with relief as he imagined the six-foot-four Customs officer at the wheel , empty pipe jammed between his teeth . |
| 19 | Then from his bike he almost fell with fright , |
| 20 | Robyn almost whooped with relief . |
| 21 | Robyn almost smiled with relief as she appraised his advancing figure — she already heard herself describing him to Charles or Penny as ‘ a funny little man ’ — but the strength of his handshake , and the glint in his dark brown eyes , warned her not to underestimate him . |
| 22 | She almost wept with relief as his strong fingers closed round her hand and guided her to the safety of a broad platform of stone , where at last it was possible to stand upright . |
| 23 | And almost wept with pleasure . |
| 24 | It was probably at that time that Zborowski took Modigliani to visit Anders Osterlind , a Swedish painter whom Modi had met in Paris years earlier when they visited the Cézanne retrospective together and almost cried with excitement . |
| 25 | She struggled , kicking out hopelessly , and her heart almost burst with panic . |
| 26 | Mario almost burst with pride . |
| 27 | She had n't expected him to be simply standing there , watching her , and her breath caught in a small gasp as she almost collided with him . |
| 28 | She went towards the house to say goodbye to Stella , and as she turned the corner of the building she almost collided with Luke . |
| 29 | Benjamin stopped so suddenly , I almost collided with him . |
| 30 | My mind was n't on my driving and for the first time I almost collided with another taxi . |