How To Use Finished In A Sentence

Said hi also to a few of the guys from Aereogramme after they'd finished up, but wasn't actually sure of who was there from Chemikal Underground or what they look like, so I was basically floating around and looking glaikit until Mags pointed out the Newsnight crew, and the nice interviewer man figured out who I was. Archive 2007-02-01
You can't help thinking that the promise of that final inspection adds a little extra sparkle to the finished product. Times, Sunday Times
The band finished with a few slow dances.
'If he _has not fulfilled_ his promise to write,' but 'If he _did not write_ as he undertook to do' ([Greek: _egrapsen huposchomenos_]); nor 'If he _has commenced and finished_,' but 'If he _commenced and finished_' ([Greek: _arxamenos sunetelese_]). A Reply to Dr. Lightfoot's Essays
the game was finished in regulation time

She's obviously much more interested in the process than in the finished work.
He said the long term vision of the ginnery is to establish a fully fledged textile industry, which will produce finished materials if the company started producing more lint than what the customers could take.
The Centenier finished his coffee, while Holmes selected and filled his briar pipe.
The two males held their silence as she finished, all the noise ceased apart from the soft pad of hooves in the night air.
In the men's 4 x 200-metre relay team, he finished seventh.
He finished stretching when he was a beanpole, roughly three meters, or eight or nine feet.
You know, when the Beatles started there was a record company guy who said electric guitar music was finished.
We had khaki overalls but when we finished our shift, we were covered from head to toe in white dust.
Once again, sorry if I sped things up too quickly, but I can't change my desire to get this story finished.
J.C. nodded and I followed him down into the dark dankness of Zacharis' unfinished basement. The Dog Catcher
This worked fine on the old keypunches that punched each column as you typed it, but the newer keypunches waited until you finished the 80th column and then punched the entire card.
On Saturday we finished the fencing, stapling sheep netting to the rails, and on Sunday gave the pig ark and the old chook ark a coat of water-based preservative.
Brahms finished off his sacred choral music with the Op. 110 motets, another trilogy.
Petrocelli Monday afternoon began an aggressive cross-examination after Simpson finished five hours of gentle questioning by his own lawyer Friday and Monday.
When the Ministers have said the Gloria at the altar, they go to sit in the sanctuary until the choir has finished singing.
If a series is trying to get it dead right, then it is on the researcher's integrity that the quality of the finished work depends.
He showed his athletism by becoming the Bearkats 'all-time leader in total offense with 6,159 yards and finished second in the nation in the Football Championship Subdivision with 354.2 total yards per game as a senior. Undefined
Last season they finished top of their group in the UEFA Cup and few would bet against them emulating that achievement this season.
Katie finished with a flourish, pushing Cody out of the way and walking with a purpose to the reception area.
I was fed up of having to avoid certain foods and when I finished the chicken I felt guilty.
He had never finished higher than fifth in an international championship.
Hopefully his dad has showed up because he's finished work. Times, Sunday Times
Dalgliesh thought that the design would have been more successful if the fagade had been balanced by extended bays, but either inspiration or money had ran out and the house looked curiously unfinished. She Closed Her Eyes
Surely the time for karaoke cover singers is finished? The Sun
Once finished, a titan claws its way from the ground and starts off on a tear towards your enemy's town, where it slaughters anything in its path.
I juz came back frm skol .. finished the stupid bio test & emaths tutorial ... wah. Whiteplum Diary Entry
Elegantly erotic statues stood once more in alcoves around the room, and the massive murals were nearly finished.
Although the work in the compiler is not finished, Wiz also takes time to create some new spells to help common folk to deal with magical threats. Reflective Surface - The Wizardry Compiled
Unfinished hems and bulky vertical exterior seams retained an air of elegance, their rough finish somehow marrying perfectly with the slinky lines of dresses and skirts. Times, Sunday Times
If we'd gone much further it would have been dark before we finished all this rigmarole.
The two women became friends, and when Jackson's health began to fail, she left her unfinished manuscript in Lotty's hands with instructions about how it was to be arranged.
not quite finished
I'll touch you, all the same, even if they hurt, because I too have to do what I want to doas soon as your menstruation is finished. Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique
When they had finished their work, they went to deathlike sleep.
After the recording is finished, the tape rewinds and the deck starts scanning for commercials.
True to form, the finished 2003 wines delivered record-breaking levels of tannin, sugar and alcohol; many châteaux have made clarets weighing in at 15 per cent-plus alcohol, as in Australia and California.
The blind man had finished his song; he began thrumming the strings again and singing amusing ballads.
It was an absolute hell trying to get this report finished on time.
A nation should restrict its foreign trade so that it exported more finished goods than it imported.
It is however possible to compress the cell packs subsequent to their formation and prior to inserting them into their final container to expel at least a proportion of their electrolyte which will reduce the amount of electrolyte which needs to be gassed off in the finished cells.
The program started off ascetically with "Six Studies in English Folksong" which the program warned us were "very melancholic," continued with a song cycle for violin and tenor called "Along the Field" to poems by A.E. Houseman, and finished off the first half with insanely Pre-Raphaelite lushness to a song cycle set to Dante Gabriel Rosetti poems called "The House of Life. Thomas Glenn Sings Vaughan Williams
The next morning Britt woke me up and told me she had already finished my packing since I had everything already laid out for it.
He finished with 18 aces and 41 service winners, and won despite breaking serve just twice.
When your programme is fully finished, continue to weigh each day for a few months.
He had almost finished this particular cow and the bucket was full almost to the brim, in fact some of the deep froth (the sign of a good milker) was almost but not quite spilling over.
It's also much more expensive to clean up and much more damaging to the proprietor seen as they usually cannot use a room I've just vacated - not until the fumigators have finished anyway.
When the rest are building their bothies and huts, these have finished preparing their food and drink. The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge
The new bridge has been finished two years ahead of schedule.
As soon as we finished setting up our tent, we hightailed it to the main strip.
After two spectacular flameouts in two decades, it looked as if the company's antidiabetes program was finished.
Annabelle finished the sonnet with one soft rippling sound on the higher notes and then a single dong of two of the lowest.
To wrap up the project, the artist visits the studio and signs the finished sculptures.
Wash it and dry it so that later washings, once the quilt is finished and used, won't shrink your coverlet out of shape.
The dash is nicely finished in silver metal effect and there are plenty of cubbyholes for storage, even a shelf above the driver's head, although the glovebox is tiny.
When Hawkins missed a difficult green the colour finished hanging over a corner pocket and Parrott was left in a full ball snooker.
Grunting, he picked up one sack, bearing it with him as he finished the circuit of the booths.
He places the finished drink, a macchiato, on the counter.
The synthesis of steroid hormones involves many chemical steps from cholesterol to finished product.
Others talk about unfinished business or even revenge, if someone they know was killed.
My diary entries from that period are full of half-finished sentences.
At first glance, Ryan's drawings look like half-finished sketches, with faint pencil marks still visible in the finished picture.
The carriage teetered precariously as he moved to take a seat opposite her and they stared at each other in a calming silence as she drank, but once she finished, the cup fell from her loose fingers and clattered loudly on the floor.
Fortunately we have completed all of the suit study trials, have collected a bunch of rock samples for the microfossil and extremophile studies, and have finished work on the telescope, so we are in good shape, but there's still plenty of data analysis to do on those projects and lots of GPS tracking and geotagging yet to do. Reminder: Paul's and Laksen's blogs
And this finished, self-cleaning, anti-static and weather-resistant structure is itself maintenance free for 25 years.
We went to build a snowman but before it was half finished I was chilled to the bone.
When finished, Titanic Quarter hopes to include offices, shops, a maritime museum and, beside the old slipway, a building that will tell the Titanic story.
But by the time you've finished reading this, they may well have reached overkill. Times, Sunday Times
I went home directly I had finished work.
Stripped naked of additives and processes, save a pinch of stabilising sulphur dioxide for all but the purists, the finished product is surprising and fractious. Times, Sunday Times
Look at the evidence: it has a pink spine and the word "girlz" in the title, so obviously I didn't read it, and I certainly didn't read it twice, nor enjoy it both times, nor look for a second volume on the Internet after I finished it. Comics Review: Battle Girlz
Winnie pushed away her unfinished toast and drained her glass of lukewarm tea.
When you are finished, your face is not totally clean because you are left with an oily film that should be removed. Take Care of Your Skin
Blount won four races and five poles, finished second in the standings, and captured the ARCA Rookie of the Year Award.
Each door and drawer is individually finished by craftsmen to bring out the full beauty of the grain.
No project approved under the new system is yet finished, and the process is still being tweaked.
It is French law that if you are the author then you have the final say in what the finished article will look like.
Recently, he presented "Unpublished," a photography exhibition at Art Basel in Miami and co-founded that city's and arguably the country's hottest new retail spot, The Webster, a three-story boutique for fashion, photography, design and food, housed in an Art Deco space finished with milky marble and brass. L'Homme de la Renaissance
Another British rider, Bradley Wiggins finished ninth in the scratch race - his first competitive outing since winning three medals in Athens.
I finished work today, go to pick the car up and lo and behold some scruffy twoccers have smashed the window, nicked the stereo which is no good because I kept the face with me and completely ripped all the ignition out.
The noon whistles blew before Sam's task was finished, but by the time he departed for lunch there was made a bed of such quality that Whitey must needs have been born faultfinder if he complained of it. Short Stories of Various Types
Luxembourg have entered the World Cup 15 times and finished bottom of their qualifying group every time.
During meetings, a speaker is never interrupted until it is clear they have finished speaking.
Once you get the finished product, watching your co-worker unwrap everything while being very aggravated is very much worth the time spent. 5 Harmless Office Pranks | myFiveBest
The dress was put in a drawer, unfinished but not forgotten about.
She finished pouring the goat's milk into the containers, rinsed out the bucket and stored the milk into the refrigerator.
The breakthrough toward subjectivism is indeed compelling but rationalism was not finished yet for all that.
Unless there are any unforeseen problems the whole project should be finished by the spring.
He carded a four-round total of 280, with Bob Charles - who finished two shots off the pace - having to settle this time round for the runner-up position.
We went to build a snowman but before it was half finished I was frozen to the bone.
To freshen the palate we finished with summer fruits in a delicate sugar basket with a strawberry coulis - a mouthwatering combination.
It was extremely unsatisfying and while it didn't spoil the good parts of the movie leading up to it, it sure put a horrid taste in my mouth as I finished watching it.
I've gotten so I try to leave it in my office now at least on the weekends and only check every so often after the "workday" is finished, before starting dinner, after dinner and before bed. Use Boundaries To Stay Sane Working From Home | Lifehacker Australia
The first distributions started rolling out on Friday and were expected to be finished today.
However, now that the digest is finished (until next month), Spooky's is making me go Outside today to see my neurologist, because the seizure was that bad. "We think we've climbed so high, Up all the backs we've condemned..."
A large cabinet by Franks, the panels most highly finished, different passages in the history of Adam and Eve form small pictural subjects. Recollections of the late William Beckford of Fonthill, Wilts and Lansdown, Bath
Pentham charged forward like a runaway Rhino and, roared on by the vocal Thwaites fans, finished with a sublime dink over the keeper which defied a man of his size.
She stepped back to consider whether a slim juniper tree was satisfactorily finished before picking up a new set of brushes. THE HARDIE INHERITANCE
He finished his dessert and patted his paunch.
Her inspection of the bedroom finished, she walked down the staircase into the coolness of the stone-flagged hallway.
Once finished, I noticed a rasbora on the carpet looking a little sere with a pillow feather stuck on its body. "It's okay to eat fish 'cause they don't have any feelings..."
They should have finished the work by now if they hadn't spent the afternoon diddling around.
When a few weeks later it was reported in the papers that Wilcox had been shot at from an ambuscade, it was an open secret that McMurdo was still at work upon his unfinished job. Chennai
Kalou was a part of the Ivory Coast squad that eventually finished fourth in the tournament – losing out to Essien's Ghana in the third place play-off having been eliminated by eventual winners Egypt.
Builders are hoping to have the work finished in time for St. Patrick's Day.
He finished the season fourth in the American League in both assists and double plays.
Would you ever find a job as an English professor after you finished who knows how many years of graduate school and dissertation writing?
We'll go get coffee and chaser when you're finished bedding her down.
Still deep in easy conversation, the two finished their drinks and left the coffeehouse.
Jones finished last season on the casualty list.
That was the day when he finished eagle, birdie, birdie, birdie, eagle, to steal the trophy from Colin Montgomerie, who had turned up wearing his saltire sweater, a champion in waiting.
As soon as Jack finished, Sam rushed out to the main laser turret.
Many of the works were created in the top-floor studio, which was piled with half-finished canvases.
Haven't you finished your homework yet?
The telephone operator cut us off before we finished our conversation.
The second stop came when he lost the front wing after a coming together with a backmarker and, but for these two extra stops, I'm convinced he could have finished in the points once again. Grandprix.com Current News
At first sight, his canvases resemble palettes and drop cloths rather than finished compositions.
Had my whole house done in "saltillo tile" - and sealed and protected with a shiny sealant - now, a few years later - the sealant is blistering off - and exposing the original surface - which is being stained by the mopping!! has anyone ever SANDED DOWN and refinished tile by tile? if so, how and with what products available in Guadalajara? Saltillo tiles
Complete philistines may even be interested in the fact that the steps leading to the museum are those which featured in the Rocky movie when the boxer finished his training run.
Harrison could well have finished it but the bell intervened to his opponent's relief.
He finally finished and moved against her, caressing her body with the one remaining piece of garlic bread he hadn't scarfed down. Mark C. Miller: The Story of the World's Strangest Romance
One of the striking things that stand out with gymnasts are their amazing arms and shoulders ... even the guy who finished 30th at Nationals was ripped with each and every nuance of the deltoids, triceps and biceps shredded.
With each word her eyes turned bluer, and as she finished a flare of cerulean light blazed through my vision.
We saw off the rest and finished top of the table. The Sun
He finished sixth in 2008 and the handicapper has given him a chance. The Sun
unfinished business
Channel Four is to film a version of Belle de Jour, one of the more notorious weblogs, now finished.
Several of the men were there standing about the square iron-bound box attached by a wire rope to a wheel overhead, and known as the skep, which, with another, would be the conveyances of the ore that was to be found, from deep down in the mine to the surface, or, as the miners termed it, to grass; and until the man-engine was finished this was the ordinary way up and down. Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea
An electrode an electron tube that collects electrons which have finished carrying current.
The police investigation has now finished and a file on the case has been passed to the Crown Prosecution Service.
I applaud them for doing the right thing, but the job's only half-finished.
The Trent Tile Company made a specialty of dull-finished or ‘Trent finished’ tiles in alto-relievo, which are treated by the sand-blast process after being glazed.
Oak flooring in the rest of the unit has been refinished and is accented with gumwood wainscoting in some rooms. Globe and Mail
The 12-times World Champion and 2003 UK Open winner, finished second in the Order of Merit.
Dhaif-Allah went on splashing out his water, sure that after we had finished with our silliness someone would yet need and buy his greenstuff. Seven Pillars of Wisdom
He believes that bead blasting with aluminum oxide gives a finer finished product than glass bead.
We did dinghy drill in the harbour and this usually finished with us swimming around in the beautifully clear waters of this sheltered haven.
In addition, Lee designers express the theme with ‘unfinished design’ which includes handicraft style, oblique neckline and patchwork.
Bulkheads were finished in a woven bamboo-striped motif contrasting with the square-shaped windows curtained in a fish/pineapple pattern.
Peace, ye Patriots, nevertheless; and let that tocsin cease: the Debate is not finished, nor the Report accepted; but Brissot, Isnard and the Mountain will sift it, and resift it, perhaps for some three weeks longer. The French Revolution
My book's virtually finished.
For a finished Chinese painting or calligraphy work, seals (also called stamp or chop) are very important. The affixation of the seals of a Chinese painting has its unique artistry.
His duty was to return the salute from the soldiers on the esplanade below each time a band finished its selection of military marches.
Susan has a keen eye for detail, so each dress is beautifully finished off.
2 A joist is a support beam used in both floor and roof systems to support the decking material usually plywood over which the finished floor or roof is laid. Managing New Product and Process Development
The finished dumplings can be boiled in a saucepan of water for about 40 minutes or can be added to casseroles, soups or stews for the equivalent time before the end of the cooking period.
Under the terms of the contract the job should have been finished yesterday.
It is for us, the living, _rather_, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which _they who fought here_ have thus far so nobly advanced. Practical Grammar and Composition
When the sketches were finished, the students painted them with tempera.
The chestnut colt finished second in his racing debut on June 24.
The conversion of an old warehouse into apartments will be finished in June.
We all sat down to a cooked breakfast together after the programme had finished.
Once I had finished updating a monthly report, I took an early lunch and met her for a coffee.
He finished his lunch with his friend, Luke, before proceeding to leave his tray at a counter.
Once he had finished them off, he summoned the waitress, looped his forefinger in the air and said, ‘Do it again.’
Grace finished her drink quickly, and changed out of her wet clothes.
If they plough on until it's dark, they would get this field finished.
Currently, the Italian-built Panthers are being finished off by BAE Systems, with the additional of a machine gun, radios and other accessories, when they will be delivered to the Army, effectively providing "battlefield limousines" for Ruperts – as officers are dismissively called – while troops are forced to patrol in dangerously vulnerable "Snatch" Land Rovers. Feeding the European fantasy
Further along, some of the unfinished works that have been included are so unfinished, it would have been kinder to leave them out. Times, Sunday Times
After the group finished their set, my friends and I fought our way through the crowd to catch another band on the main stage.
They are half finished building a beautiful monastery enclosure and they live a truly monastic-eremetic life. Archive 2006-06-04
Before you get to the bad part of the recovery, you still have to milk all that momentum by staying as tight as possible after you've finished your pulldown and dolphin kick.
Exhibit 7. 7 presents the finished product-the cash budget for May through December 1998.
A strong and dependable defender who finished the season on a high. Times, Sunday Times
The London market finished the week on a bullish note yesterday, with shares surging ahead as investor confidence improved.
This huge, unfinished building represents the last hurrah of the former regime.
Nowâ€¦.under Clinton, intel is gathered to figure out who did it, but before the report is finished, Clinton is out and Bush is inâ€¦..report is thus given to bushâ€¦.and he did what Paul? Think Progress » Tell Chris Wallace To Ask Rice About The U.S.S. Cole
Seattle finished a laughable 7-9 and tied with St. Louis, but won the title thanks to a better division record than St. Louis, 4-2 vs. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
gave me the finished manuscript
Bird was unable to engage his gears, but managed to get going and finished at the back.
Yet similar themes recur - Barker is a fearless writer, unafraid to return to business she feels is unfinished.
Al refuses to thaw more food until what has been cooked gets finished. Tuning the Rig: A Journey to the Arctic
She might have finished the look with saffron eye shadow and lip balm tinted with ocher and alkanet root.
As the evening wore on, bit by bit his head slipped lower and lower until it somehow finished up under his lady friend's arm and it looked like she was carrying the head of Quasimodo.
A third heart attack finally finished off the old man.
The gangling forward may appear ungainly but he finished his run into the area to latch on to a through ball with a neat stab past him.
When the plant is ramped up to full speed by the end of 2002, it will take in 45 tons of coconut fiber and 35 tons of natural latex per month and transform them into 80 tons of finished products.
I'm here to tell you our job is not finished and and we are not going anywhere until it is," Obama said after meeting with government and business leaders in Panama City, Florida. pc tha great album release party @ buck wilds farmerly know as stetsuns my up coming album release party at buck wilds aka stetsuns WN.com - Photown News
I greatly enjoyed the wild boar - I started with carpaccio of beef with shredded sharp cheddar cheese on a bed of greens and finished with creme caramel.
The three-time Olympian reached the final of the keirin but finished last. Times, Sunday Times
I had only just finished the enervating task of packing.
James waited until she finished huffing before he deemed it necessary to respond.
Oxford UCCE women's cricket team began this season as they finished the last - with a comprehensive victory over their Cambridge rivals.
Some of the men's sprints had finished by the third day. Times, Sunday Times
With digital media such work can even look finished and complete.
I did go onto his computer and finished typing then posted what happened on Monday.
As a writer, I find benefits in submitting either early or near finished manuscripts. Writing Question: When to get a critique
When the job is finished, you should not place items such as mats on the floor for several weeks, as they will cause discolouration.
So in the evening, after we had finished the flower planting in a new flower bed, we sat down on our porch to admire our garden.
Ben had just finished painting the front of the house.
Youll stick out like a sore thumb if you dress thatcasually, she finished, looking as if the word shed wanted to use was a lot worse than casually. Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series
Ladies have you any unfinished knitting or sewing at home?
A harrowing account of an unfinished documentary about the liberation of concentration camps. Times, Sunday Times
So we finished up our morning coffee, and the last slices of the Christmas panettone, enjoying the delicious yeasty aroma of Italian vanilla, and then hopped on down to the retail park for a top up of the paint supply.
Three months of futility with a team who finished eighteenth. Times, Sunday Times
Robertson won the race and Cameron was/came/finished second.

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