Example sentences of "almost [verb] the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Treatment with bFGF almost doubled the DNA synthesis at the ulcer margin and in the non ulcerated mucosa . |
| 2 | Even with a 12–15p tax in the pound , a national insurance tax of 9p would almost double the tax rate of most workers , including those on low pay . |
| 3 | I was standing with my back to the aviary , my jacket almost touching the wire mesh , still puzzled . |
| 4 | She had almost dropped the frying pan when she 'd heard that . |
| 5 | He almost regarded the club money as his own and would n't spend freely . |
| 6 | If I take the Metro you can almost see the petrol gauge dying in front of you . ’ |
| 7 | Throughout this gargantuan meal the talk was almost entirely concentrated on food , on remembering other great meals , or discussing the quality of the ham and the other salumi : ‘ It must n't just be pink ; it must n't be too fat , and it should be cut so thin that you can almost see the church tower through it . ’ |
| 8 | He had missed her moment — he knew he had missed it — ; yet his eyes softened suddenly , and you could almost see the shadow fall from his shoulders as he twinkled down at Laura where she knelt before her dying fire . |
| 9 | I had almost reached the kitchen doorway when I heard the furious sounds of her footsteps coming back towards me again . |
| 10 | He had almost reached the guest house door . |
| 11 | I ca n't see Rainbow , but I can almost hear the blood drain from her face . |
| 12 | You can almost hear the Marketing Dept 's collective brain cogs clunking slowly into gear : British Band … sound a bit like American Band … duh … |
| 13 | She could almost hear the squelching slurp inside her , as he shafted her from the rear . |
| 14 | They bought the house five years ago and have almost finished the ground floor . |
| 15 | They come complete with full battle briefings , thought-provoking commentaries , films and realistic audio effects that make you feel as if you 're almost witnessing the battle scene . |
| 16 | There is no doubt that a form of parasitic violence has battened upon this pastime and flourished to such an extent that it has almost killed the host institution . |
| 17 | She could almost imagine the door opening and Isabelle coming in to sit down at the dressing-table with its pretty antique tortoiseshell and silver toilet set , humming softly as she loved to do . |
| 18 | Each must decide as he pleases , according to whether his temperament urges him to prefer the prolific , radiant , almost jovial abundance of Rubens ; the mild dignity and eurhythmic order of Raphael ; the paradisal — one might almost say the afternoon colour of Veronese ; the austere and strained severity of David ; or the dramatic and almost literary rhetoric of Lebrun . |