Example sentences of "and almost [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Mother got caught again , for the umpteenth time , rather than risk Father 's mounting wrath , she gave the line a couple of vicious tugs , hoping he would not notice ; and almost died of fright when an outraged salmon leapt from the water and made off upstream like a rocket . |
| 2 | When she got back into bed I used to cry ‘ Poor Clare ! ’ and almost burst into tears as I hugged her . |
| 3 | He turned the corner , and almost walked into Gurder . |
| 4 | So I opened my bedroom door and almost fell over Mr Rochester , who was sitting in a chair just outside . |
| 5 | Mr Brocklehurst , on the other hand , now looked round at the girls , and almost jumped in surprise . |
| 6 | It was probably at that time that Zborowski took Modigliani to visit Anders Osterlind , a Swedish painter whom Modi had met in Paris years earlier when they visited the Cézanne retrospective together and almost cried with excitement . |
| 7 | And almost wept with pleasure . |