Example sentences of "[art] first few bars " in BNC.

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1 Kirov listened attentively to the first few bars .
2 They drove past the two figures and Terry sounded his horn that played the first few bars of the Star Spangled Banner .
3 Written entirely in two parts , the lower of which is made of standard accompanimental figures ( mostly Alberti bass ) , it is nevertheless somewhat more expansive and faintly more interesting than the ‘ Eckard ’ The following Corrente ( which demands a keyboard compass of F' to d'' ) , while made exclusively out of the rather mechanical formulas of the first few bars , at least generates plenty of energy with its leaps and crashing octaves .
4 She waited until the first few bars of the signature tune started to play , then unclipped her headphones and set them down on the desk with a sharp clatter before starting to gather up the stack of notes .
5 The audience held their breath in one collective sigh as the orchestra began to play the first few bars of ‘ Strolling with Nancy ’ .
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