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finishing
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Simple sentences
Tom joined the navy after finishing college.
He was so tired that he fell asleep in the armchair without even finishing the movie.
Tom apologised to his boss for not finishing his work on schedule.
Finishing the job by Tuesday will be a piece of cake.
The rain prevented us from finishing our game of tennis.
Finishing the report by tomorrow is next to impossible.
I'm finishing my homework.
She began writing a report at eight, finishing it at twelve.
Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.
We succeeded in finishing the project.
I'm adding the finishing touches now.
Tom is finishing his work.
Now I'll add the finishing touch.
I'll add the finishing touch.
She was the last to cross the finishing line.
Tom added a few finishing touches to the painting.
I'll add the finishing touches.
Finishing this job by Tuesday will be easy.
Movie subtitles
Sorry, I'll have you accompany me in finishing it.
What time do you want to pick me up? Uh. Okay, so I've been up all night and I hung the fish, painted the walls, put up the mural, cleaned out the fridge, redid the grout in the bathroom and for the finishing touch.
Birgitte is finishing a monument. to commemorate a friend who died recently.
Of course, we still need a few finishing touches, but who doesn't?
Dexter, is there any finishing school we can send him to?
The organ needs finishing and Alois can't manage alone.
It's good to go away when you're finishing a difficult experiment.
Where'd you learn to dunk, in finishing school?
While I'm finishing today's special.
Well don't worry. I'm finishing with her.
I've got to finish my notice. - Mr. Kane is finishing it for you.
Mr. Kane's finishing your review just the way you started it.
You just don't know Charlie. He thought that by finishing that notice he'd show me he was an honest man.
You finishing college when the war's over?
Sorry, I'll have you accompany me in finishing it. No need. Your section has been secured.
Is there any finishing school we could send him to?
Finishing up the last batch.
Mr. Kane is finishing it for you.
He thought that by finishing that notice he'd show me he was an honest man.
I'm just finishing a bath.
Working tirelessly, days and nights, Lisinski was finishing his first opera.
You used to pick on Ken for starting something and never finishing it.
Ask him. We could have waited till morning instead of finishing after dark.
No, it's the finishing touch to our work.
You better start finishing the tree.
Okay, so I've been up all night and I hung the fish, painted the walls, put up the mural, cleaned out the fridge, redid the grout in the bathroom and for the finishing touch.
I'll put the finishing touches on now and you're gonna escape with me.
In finishing school?
How about going up to my penthouse and finishing the evening?
She's finishing up a new doll.
Mr. Leyden, are you aware of the responsibility if you prevent me from finishing my treatment?
In that case, even Dr. Turner would approve of your finishing your dinner.
Finishing the book.
News and current affairs
Late last month, while putting the finishing touches on the next edition of our newspaper, Haykakan Zhamanak (The Armenian Times), we heard an explosion outside our office.
And Jospin was considered the only possible winner in 2002, before finishing third, behind Chirac and Jean-Marie Le Pen.
World oil prices had fallen by almost half since mid-June, and the ruble plummeted in December, finishing the year down by a similar margin.
But instead of finishing his career in triumph, or at least with an ovation, he was ejected from the final for head-butting an Italian player.
BRUSSELS - A storm-tossed ship near dangerous cliffs needs a strong anchor to avoid finishing on the rocks.
Yet preparing a ground war against Iraq - finishing off the unfinished business of the 1991 Gulf War - is a high risk strategy.
Karol Wojtyla, the first Slavic Pope in history, has long dreamed of visiting Moscow; indeed he may see such a visit as putting the finishing touch on his long, turbulent pontificate.
And it should be remembered that Latin America's most recent electoral fraudsters - Manuel Noriega of Panama in 1989 and Alberto Fujimori in Peru in 2000 - were evicted from power before finishing their terms in office.
So world leaders are set to gather at the United Nations to undertake a comprehensive review, with the aim of agreeing on a roadmap and a plan of action to get to the MDG finishing line on schedule.