Example sentences of "almost fell [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We almost fell over ourselves to oblige . |
| 2 | She almost fell over the gate in her haste to race to the fire . |
| 3 | As they chatted and laughed about the events of the day they almost fell over Billy who was stretched out in the undergrowth snoozing with a contented grin on his face . |
| 4 | The woman guard almost fell over herself dropping the barrier-field to let the guy through . |
| 5 | So I opened my bedroom door and almost fell over Mr Rochester , who was sitting in a chair just outside . |
| 6 | Stephen signalled to Orson , the head waiter , who almost fell over himself to get to the Prime Minister . |
| 7 | Unfortunately it meant that there was n't enough for the consultant to do to keep him out of her way , and every time she turned round she almost fell over him . |
| 8 | Questions had been submitted in advance ; candidates addressing one another by Christian names were so anxious to avoid extremes they almost fell over themselves in the middle . |
| 9 | Then from his bike he almost fell with fright , |
| 10 | He was so drunk that he almost fell on top of her . |
| 11 | But Merry crawled and got into the pigsty ; and I almost fell on top of him and slammed the door . |
| 12 | When he released her it was with such force that she almost fell to the floor . |
| 13 | It was obviously old , but so corroded that it almost fell to pieces in my hand . |
| 14 | One of them asked another if he remembered how the Magistrate Sahib had tried to make them strengthen the embankments and this caused such merriment that one of the landowners almost fell into the water . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Holding her wet shawl tightly around her , Juliet almost fell into the car . |
| 17 | The doors swung open , and Caroline almost fell into the room . |
| 18 | Plan A almost fell at the first fence as Trippy and the rest of the squat seemed to have been having an end-of-season sale in Trippy 's medicine chest . |
| 19 | Her own petit friture was a plateful of tiny fish , crisply fried and sprinkled with garlic , and they both opted for guinea fowl casseroled in red wine , and so tender it almost fell off the bone , with sautéd potatoes and cabbage cooked in butter , as their main course . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | She tried to follow and almost fell down the stairs , gritting her teeth to prevent herself passing out . |