Example sentences of "[coord] almost [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He passed the church of St. Giles , turned into another winding street and almost walked into the two figures standing there . |
| 2 | I put the visor down before I got out on to Gresham Street and almost walked into the edge of a glass door , but by the time I got to the Kawasaki my eyes had adjusted themselves . |
| 3 | They gathered up their few possessions and almost melted into the wood , close to the river . |
| 4 | I pulled the door shut and almost ran to the front door and into Langdon Crescent garden , where I stood for five minutes breathing in the fresh air . |
| 5 | I took the coach , and after thirty-six hours of travelling I got down at Thornfield village , and almost ran across the fields in my hurry to see the well-known house again , and its owner . |
| 6 | Stunned , she did a mild double take and almost ran into the department . |
| 7 | Gilbert had been standing next to them and almost fell down the stairs in his efforts to get away from those doors as something shouldered them open . |
| 8 | She tried to follow and almost fell down the stairs , gritting her teeth to prevent herself passing out . |
| 9 | Pascoe 's stomach did a quick flip-over , he beat Dalziel to the door by a full two yards and almost fell into the lounge . |
| 10 | And on this Peggy turned and almost flew from the room . |
| 11 | As Lexandro sat caged and almost stupefied in the humming iron chair , his naked body suffering intermittent shocks and needle pricks while spinning flashing lights disoriented his vision , he distantly heard the reports of the tech . |