Example sentences of "[was/were] almost a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now we were almost a mile from shore . |
| 2 | They could sense a difference in the days now , sometimes there was almost a rime of frost on the shady side of the woods , and the old pony 's cost was thickening ; in the mornings they went off to school . |
| 3 | It was almost a rerun of experience in Germany and Austria . |
| 4 | Her use of the plural was almost a kind of challenge . |
| 5 | She seemed to be staring back at him with a smile that was almost a grimace of pain yet somehow full of mockery . |
| 6 | This is significant because , in effect , it added an extra week to the pre-Christmas trading period — the last Saturday before Christmas was almost a week before Christmas itself . |
| 7 | With a sigh that was almost a gurgle of gratification , she found the slippery spread . |
| 8 | I found fourteen wounded men waiting the doctor 's care in the gun-room , which was almost a pool of blood . |
| 9 | It was almost a wail of anguish . |
| 10 | There was almost a note of relief in their voices . |
| 11 | There was almost a note of amusement in his voice now . |
| 12 | It was almost a cry of protest . |
| 13 | ‘ No ! ’ said Harry , startled and stung into what was almost a cry of pain . |