Example sentences of "she 'd almost " in BNC.

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1 She 'd almost lost her garden of paradise in heat and haste and desire .
2 She 'd almost reached the door when suddenly a gunshot sounded , shattering the stillness .
3 She 'd almost forgotten — almost forgotten everything except Fand .
4 She 'd almost started out , but she was stopped by a touch on her arm .
5 He leaned across with the bottle , and she realised that she 'd almost drained her glass at the first attack .
6 She 'd almost mistimed .
7 This had been a fact of Lucy 's life for so long now that she 'd almost lost her sense of its shock value , but Josie was hit by it head-on and without warning .
8 Just in time she stopped herself from confiding that she 'd almost forgotten how to dance .
9 For a little while she 'd almost managed to forget about Marianne. , She should have known the other woman would n't allow that to remain the case for very long .
10 She 'd almost certainly heard them all before .
11 And when Ross had proceeded to tell all the interested spectators — of which there had been many — that he and Laura were on their second honeymoon … she 'd almost exploded with loathing of the man who was now so clearly dominating her life .
12 Horrified , Juliet realised she 'd almost forgotten to ring her !
13 She 'd almost expected this , and I asked her why .
14 The back of her hand was pressed violently to her mouth , she dimly realised , and she was biting her knuckle so hard that she 'd almost drawn blood .
15 Flustered by his presence , thrown off balance by the feel of his hard body against her own , she suddenly clamped her mouth shut , horrified to realise she 'd almost told him she 'd been rushing to get to him .
16 That 's why I agreed to visit la Principessa , she 'd almost said , but what business was that of his ?
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