"When do we want it?" "NOW!" The sun had almost set and it had started to rain as at least a hundred protesters holding signs and banners began to make their way down Valencia St. Up ahead, officers surrounded the police station and blocked off the street.
After castigating authors who pander to children, Lewis writes, "I am almost inclined to set it up as a canon that a children's story which is enjoyed only by children is a bad children's story.
If it's a bottle of soda, either allow the cap to poke through the top of the cone or build your volcano from the bottom up and, when you're almost ready to set it off, uncap it and slap on the last inch or so of the top of the mountain.
You could almost set your watch to it; it's that predictable a process, complete in three acts, and the last one always a little too long.
When the jam looks as though it's almost set, take a teaspoonful and put it onto the cold plate.
Pour into the pan and stir it as it cooks, let it set, then stir it again when it is almost set but still little runny.
It's almost more fun to set it down in some awkward place to take pictures nobody else can get: in the crook of a tree, under a car, on a fence post above the crowd blocking your view of the concert.
It's so easy to use that Felton says he could teach almost anyone how to set it up in less than an hour.
Most recipes seem to stir the egg into the noodles, but I like to stir-fry separately it until it's almost set, so there are distinct flakes of egg in the finished dish.
The conditions were not great – and I'm expecting something similar on Saturday – but we gritted out a win, and looking back it almost set up our season to a degree.
