noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a crash site/scene (= place where a crash happens )
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The authorities closed off a five-mile area around the crash site.
a murder scene (= where a murder happened )
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His blood matched the blood found at the murder scene.
a scene of chaos
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I came home to a scene of chaos, with food and empty bottles everywhere.
arrive on the scene (= at the place where something has just happened )
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Two more police cars arrived on the scene.
burst onto the...scene
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The band burst onto the music scene in 1997.
idyllic setting/surroundings/scene etc
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If you want old-world tradition in an idyllic setting, this is the hotel for you.
nude scenes
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There are several nude scenes in the film.
the comedy circuit/scene (= all the people, places etc involved in providing comedy )
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She became a major star on the international comedy circuit.
the scene of an accident (= the place where it happened )
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Police were at the scene of the accident within minutes.
the scene of the crime ( also the crime scene ) (= the place where a crime has happened )
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Detectives were already at the scene of the crime.
ugly scenes
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There were ugly scenes as rival gangs started attacking each other.
unedifying spectacle/sight/scene etc
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the unedifying spectacle of players attacking the referee
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
final
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The final scene was a formal celebration and prayer fur a wife giving birth.
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The final death scene is superbly realized, conveying powerful drama with no posturing.
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During that final scene Knappertsbusch did not look at me once.
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She had learned her lines for her final scenes from her sick bed.
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After the final tragic scene he leaned back and closed his eyes.
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That would have made rather a stirring final scene for my Education?
international
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The 24-year-old central defender will miss a promotion run-in and a breakthrough on the international scene .
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Roxburgh is now a veteran on the international scene .
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As a creative and economic force in the international art scene , Cologne clearly has staying power.
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He failed, however, to get the rapturous reception he may have expected from his chief apologist on the international scene .
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Now he's retired from the International scene and competes in the Indoor game.
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We're looking much more towards an international scene .
local
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Become a part of your local scene and it may well disappear altogether, except when your activities arouse friendly interest.
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Also missing from the local scene is a Persian restaurant.
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Jessica swam in and out of the local scene , and would be noticed, if not recorded.
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Gamble, in particular, was a visionary who saw in his local scene the seeds of a Motown-like operation.
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The duo, who own Roscoff on the city centre's Golden Mile, are already celebrities on the local culinary scene .
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Silber is an impatient, some might say petulant, player on the local political scene .
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Does he accept that some people prefer to prepare for international emergencies and not necessarily be involved in the local scene ?
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Under her leadership, our chapter also became a major player on the local political scene .
opening
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The opening scenes of this fractious heist movie see him at his most acute.
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The opening scene is so shocking it will leave you gasping.
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In this way Shakespeare's central themes are revealed in his opening scene .
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The opening scene is a metaphor for the team's treacherous journey.
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The opening scene of From the Mississippi Delta is both beguiling and assured.
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The opening scene has no less than three of Richard's ten soliloquies, which inform us at every stage of his dissimulation.
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The opening forest scene was an endless world of high trees, alluring and mysterious.
political
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Sir Robin and Judy Laybourne will be providing news and analysis of the region's political scene .
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Both Lo and the Lotus Fund are new on the political scene .
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As the Internet gathers pace, so too will its impact on the political scene .
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Silber is an impatient, some might say petulant, player on the local political scene .
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Kostunica had been on the political scene for years and had never attracted such support.
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The new power brokers on the political scene have not fared better either.
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The party political scene remains fluid, with parties merging and forming alliances in the run-up to the March 1991 general elections.
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Under her leadership, our chapter also became a major player on the local political scene .
whole
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It was intended to cover the whole frenetic new scene and the people who were making it.
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I am not a bar pick-up kind of person, and I usually find the whole scene pretty cheesy.
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All the windows in the farmhouse had been shattered, the whole scene resembling something from the Blitz.
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It took me a long time to reconnect with my family, with my parents, just with the whole scene .
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Then suddenly the whole scene was illuminated as the runway lights were switched on.
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Goosedown Owen had trotted back to the stable and was eyeing the whole scene from the comfort of her stall.
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The whole scene is as lifeless as a huge painted canvas.
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Gradually this Zeus displaced the others, until he occupied the whole scene .
■ NOUN
battle
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How to convey the battle scene posed a problem.
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Lawrence were now making their way from Fort Monroe toward the battle scene .
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He and his co-stars describe how scary it was filming the battle scenes in their new movie.
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But be warned: The battle scenes are as fierce and brutal as the reality of bladed warfare.
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Life size models of the medieval lords, and a dramatic civil war battle scene , are just some of the attractions.
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The streets were busy but seemed far removed from the battle scene across the river.
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Growing in the most sinister manner, it is embedded in a battle scene taking place across the River Nile.
crime
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Unfortunately, there was no solid proof of this beyond his own memory of the previous crime scenes .
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The Bruno Magli shoes linked to the crime scene are a particularly rare and pricey style.
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After the incident, police allegedly allowed hospital officials to clean up the crime scene , destroying any evidence.
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Of how evidence was moved at the crime scene .
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Investigators descend on the crime scene hunting for clues.
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Petrocelli acknowledged that the police had made some mistakes in processing the crime scene .
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But sitting through nearly 111 minutes of bloody crime scenes , test-tube shots and gruesome autopsy scenes is just unpleasant and boring.
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Petrocelli also produced 31 photos of Simpson wearing the same style Bruno Magli shoes that left bloody footprints at the crime scene .
love
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I had never had to do love scenes and neither had Kylie.
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Readers will not accept just a frivolous love scene thrown in.
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In a few more moments this love scene would have reached the point of no return.
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Her love scenes in this voyeuristic thriller are with the hot new actor Billy Baldwin.
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The love scenes between Fawcett and Boothe are straight out of a Harlequin novel, all romance and yearning and aching passion.
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The message is clear and concise and displays no verbosity that one would expect to find in more courtly love scenes .
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There were complaints from Lazenby that Diana Rigg was eating garlic before their big love scene .
murder
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He never misses a murder scene .
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Here was an eyewitness account of Butch at the murder scene .
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She was about fifty miles from the murder scene .
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In presenting his case, Scull needs to tie Wooten to the murder scene .
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The Crown claim that Henry ferried the gunmen from the murder scene .
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The book lags in the middle, the pacing slowed by an overly long delay in getting to the murder scene .
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At first, they claimed that the only items missing from the murder scene were about £400 in cash and two car-tyre pumps.
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Dead animals placed at murder scenes .
music
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The idea that any music scene could exist here seems risible.
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They all have lively community music scenes .
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The live music scene remains amazingly diverse, encompassing all variations of rock, blues, roots and world music.
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Both emerged from fertile local music scenes and were led by strong, politically aware black leaders.
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The backlash is awaited with interest by everyone, even those with only a passing interest in the music scene .
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Not so quiet was a parallel revolution that was reshaping the music scene , with which Leonard had an ongoing affair.
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The latest new from classical music scene .
■ VERB
appear
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Tom Cruise was first to speak out, his voice appearing over the first scenes of the crash site.
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Now rebel leaders appear on the scene and can be named.
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Gorbachev, appeared on the scene .
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However, I must tell you that another prospective tenant has appeared on the scene .
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Another important atheist to appear on the scene was the writer and publisher Richard Carlile.
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Paul appears on the scene within a year or so of the Crucifixion.
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These splendid and intricate bronze castings are enigmatic: they appear on the scene without apparent precursors and with no obvious descendants.
arrive
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I saw her arrive on the scene , I saw the fire die out.
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Reichert arrived at the scene to back up Kirby and Anderson.
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Until St Paul arrives on the scene , the general atmosphere is one of respectability.
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Neta had been at Kinner field for several months by the time Amelia arrived on the scene .
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But it had to have been before Tucker arrived on the scene .
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When an investigator arrives at the scene of an accident there is a single golden rule: secure the wreckage.
burst
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No working-class party immediately burst on to the scene to dance on the floor of Parliament.
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He himself-like Michael Atherton and Ramprakash-\#burst on to the scene early.
describe
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Charles Dickens described the scene in Pickwick Papers.
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A manager in his early forties described a scene in which he screamed at one of his subordinates.
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The reporter from the Sussex Express, who described the novel scene , was impressed - and surprised.
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Medical personnel described a scene of horror, as the gymnasium was turned into a killing field.
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Sue was talking as they went, describing the scene , and Kathleen realised they were on air live again.
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It was positively breathtaking, is how Kiki later described the scene and the mood that preceded the vision of the truck.
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Let him describe the scene that met his eyes in his own words: Thursday 8 May.
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One wonders quite how Jennifer's Diary would have described these scenes .
leave
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Its decision is therefore almost always to show restraint and to leave the scene as quietly as possible.
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One was left to imagine the scene being played out inside the commissariat and the events which had led up to this incident.
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The murder weapon, a Kalashnikov free of fingerprints, was left at the scene in a plastic bag.
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Westmore James left the scene , the knife was found abandoned in a toilet at Banbury Station.
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Doherty left after behind-the-scenes differences and off-the-set growing pains got out of hand.
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Their active presence was intended to cause the appellants to leave the scene .
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At the final moment, I turned and left the scene as fast as I could gallop.
play
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The groups play out their scene for themselves in small groups, but only for a couple of minutes.
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The field tape is played back scene by scene on machine one, and recorded on machine two in the desired sequence.
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Cecil had imported a tribe of Bedouins to the site to play the spectacular scenes .
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But as soon as he has played out this little scene in his mind, he begins to recoil from it.
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The three now play out the scene .
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Eventually he wouldn't play scenes with Yul Brynner.
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But I allowed them plenty of leeway in playing out a scene .
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When we did the rehearsal again and Steven got it right I asked myself, has he played this scene before?
set
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You set the scene , as it were, for your presentation and then proceed to follow the pattern laid down.
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I was thinking of setting a scene from my novel here.
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The facts Before turning to the precise terms of the statutory provisions I must set the scene by referring to the facts.
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The interpretation of Mannheim's project that von Schelting initiated set the scene for its incorporation into mainstream functionalist sociology.
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But three key findings have set the scene for subsequent debate on the system.
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Annan set the scene for the introduction of Channel 4.
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Let's first set the scene .
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Thus administered, the one-child policy has created enormous demographic stresses and set the scene for severe social problems.
watch
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Myeloski nudged Duncan and signalled him to watch a scene farther on, just by a small playground.
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Miss Male and Heather were still watching the little scene at the head of the table.
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He saw himself as if he were standing apart from himself and watching the scene .
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Henry watched the scene with satisfaction.
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I was watching the scene from the kitchen end of the dining car, standing just behind Emil, Cathy and Oliver.
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And on housing estates all along the line, residents came out to watch the strange scene .
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So I just sat watching the passing scene until I caught the eye of a waiter and ordered some wine.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
steal the show/limelight/scene
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However it was Neil Freeman who stole the show getting the better of all three Writtle players.
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It was only his second international but again out half Eric Elwood stole the show with a marvellous and mature performance.
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Kevin played to 50,000 at Glastonbury, stole the show at the Cambridge but somehow his name never quite stuck.
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Mr Bodison all but steals the show.
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Proud though he was of his wife, Charles could not help noticing she was stealing the limelight.
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Tailoring didn't steal the show, but jackets were there for women who can't imagine a wardrobe without them.
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When it came to grabbing the headlines, it was regularly the opposition that stole the show.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Act V, Scene 2 of Hamlet
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I had to laugh at the absurdity of the scene .
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In the final scene , Harry tells Sabrina he loves her.
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On the wall were several framed floral scenes.
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Reporters described the horrific scenes which followed the bombing.
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She stared out the window at the lively street scene .
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the death scene
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The ghost appears in Act 2, Scene 1.
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The opening scene of the movie features the gangsters discussing their next heist.
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The sex scenes between Depardieu and Brochet are sensitively filmed.
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The village is a scene of devastation after the heavy rains.
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There are scenes of confusion here as refugees pour out of the city.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But be warned: The battle scenes are as fierce and brutal as the reality of bladed warfare.
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I saw him again that evening and the same scene was repeated until he collapsed in complete exhaustion.
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She was down at the scene of the picket.
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The scene inside the lobby restaurant of the studio did nothing to make me less self-conscious.
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The Dunblane Primary School, the scene of the massacre, was closed until Monday.
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The interpretation of Mannheim's project that von Schelting initiated set the scene for its incorporation into mainstream functionalist sociology.