Example sentences of "some [prep] [art] tension " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the simplest things to do is to work off some of the tension by walking to the interview if at all possible . |
| 2 | But Aliens manages to capture at least some of the tension from the original script . |
| 3 | Certainly some of the tension came from implementation of a restructuring programme . |
| 4 | ‘ Not bad , eh ? ’ he asked , some of the tension gone from his face . |
| 5 | Try to release some of the tension in the upper body . |
| 6 | ‘ Who is this ? ’ he said , some of the tension leaving his voice . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , some of the tension which existed between the police and black communities in the 1960s appears to have been relieved by an increase in the number of elected black politicians and their moderating influence on police policy : ‘ The growth of elected and appointed black people in the political system means that racialist and violent police behaviour comes to be more and more criticised and highlighted ’ ( Kilson , 1987:59 ) . |
| 8 | Some of the tension went out of the room . |
| 9 | She shut the door behind her , and , in the solitude of the bedroom , felt some of the tension begin to leave her . |
| 10 | ‘ Thank you so much for the advice , ’ Alyssia muttered , relieved that some of the tension had been dissolved . |
| 11 | For one thing , it would be a chance for her to escape some of the tension in the house . |
| 12 | Instead , she took a long , hot bath , scattering in a lavish handful of scented flakes and letting the perfumed water ease some of the tension from her body . |
| 13 | Robyn stretched her arms high above her head , releasing some of the tension in her aching shoulders from being hunched over her drawing-board for so long . |
| 14 | Talks between representatives of the three communities appeared to defuse some of the tension . |
| 15 | Lindsey straightened up from writing a brief note , kneading the muscles at the back of her neck in an attempt to relieve some of the tension . |
| 16 | However , as the minutes ticked away , and she grew gradually more sleepy , some of the tension began leaving her body . |
| 17 | Maybe the fraught confrontation earlier had defused some of the tension building up between them . |
| 18 | He sang a few bars of it in a lusty baritone that filled the darkness , and oddly enough dispelled some of the tension that had been growing in her . |
| 19 | It was bliss to feel some of the tension ease out of her , but it returned abruptly at the sharp sound of a breaking twig . |