Example sentences of "it was almost [art] relief " in BNC.
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1 | Moving round the archways of Valencia 's bull-ring where , that night , Nirvana would give Spain its first in-the-flesh taste of what this nonsense was all about , it was almost a relief to greet Kurt Cobain once again , a paler , bleached-haired , bespectacled Kurt Cobain , but recognisably the same lovable scruff who late last year turned rock 'n' roll upside down with a song named after a deodorant . |
2 | I was drained after meeting Normandin and when Mary and I got to Roger Auque 's hotel , it was almost a relief to find that he was out . |
3 | They ended up laughing about that , but it was the uneasy laughter of desperation and displacement , and all they could do after that was finish the whisky and have the joint Rory had been working on , and it was almost a relief when Fergus was sick as a dog out of the window , hanging out barfing onto the slates and into the guttering while Rory tried to clean the plaster off the top bunk and stowed the guns out of harm 's way . |
4 | It was almost a relief to be being attacked on this particular issue , because there were other far more personal ones to be dreaded . |
5 | I think it was almost a relief to him — after all this time . ’ |
6 | It was almost a relief when the door opposite suddenly opened and Ettore Di Leonardo appeared , immaculate as ever in a dark suit and sober tie . |
7 | It was almost a relief to discover that even in the short time she had been on board ship she was already beginning to acquire a golden tan . |