Example sentences of "almost [verb] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.

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1 Almost forgotten at the time of her death in 1975 , Madame Yevonde is now the deserving subject of a major retrospective organised by the National Portrait Gallery in conjunction with the Royal Photographic Society .
2 Sometimes , she almost screamed at the time it took .
3 The Firefly , owned by Jim Connell , of Gatley Drive , Maghull , had almost sunk by the time it had been towed in and hauled onto a slipway .
4 ‘ I want to see you washed and almost dried by the time I come down .
5 ‘ What is warm ? ’ said the penguin , her voice shaking : she 'd asked every penguin in the colony and had her beak almost snapped off every time .
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