Example sentences of "[pron] was almost [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She was almost crying with rage . |
| 4 | She was almost choking with despair , seeing that none of this was making a whisker of difference . |
| 5 | But she was almost choking with emotion . |
| 6 | He was almost dancing with joy . |
| 7 | She guessed he was almost bursting with pleasure … |