Simon Cowell, below, said to a male contestant, Kenneth (Chase) Bush, "It's going to sound odd, but I almost imagine you in a dress when you sing".
I listen to the self-shredding waves, squeak a finger of ice plant between my own, gaze into the higher blue, and sometimes, when among the upper currents I catch the hint of a hopeful, insistent flapping, I almost imagine the father has come finally to life.
Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein (Egmont) Teen reviewer Valentine sung Black Dove, White Raven's praises: "From the first page, I felt like I was inside the story; I could almost imagine I was flying a plane into the empty Ethiopian sky, or listening to the yipping of hyenas in the distance".
When the new president went on vowing to harness the sun, the wind and the soil, and to "wield technology's wonders," I felt the glow of a spring sunrise washing my cheeks, and I could almost imagine I heard the music of swords being hammered into plowshares.
A wise caveat, I think; I can almost imagine what that book would look like on HBO.
Then I went into the ready room, where there were a number of pilots waiting, and the general said: 'This is Jim Salter, he wrote The Hunters, and he flew in Korea with "Boots" Blesse [a famous ace who now lies in Arlington National Cemetery], and they all gathered around because they knew Boots Blesse's name, and we talked like the old days, and I could almost imagine that I was one of them.
There are times when, if I close my eyes, I can almost imagine that it is Dame Maggie Smith herself sitting at our dinner table and saying, "I don' wanna eat it!
"I nearly feel fine, I can almost imagine buying a sofa for myself," he said.
Because I was breathing normally, I could almost imagine that my headset was functioning as a scuba mask.
As I read this passage, I could almost imagine Hank envisioning the more troubled members of their community and saying, "Listen, Jean Louise: If you're trying to train a nervous, worked-up horse, and he's walking in the wrong direction, the quickest thing might be to just yell at him and hit him in the head.
I can almost imagine Ms Johnson rehearsing this speech during some whispered late-night phone call.
