11.   But the tension already had built around the Brooks stable.

12.   Events pass so quickly that little tension builds.

13.   For years the tension built, and it nearly exploded into violence last month when a white officer telephoned a black minister to mock the burning of Southern churches.

14.   His Government was accused of stalling peace efforts while allowing tensions to build.

15.   In truth, some tension has built between them.

16.   Life gets very tricky now and the tension builds as the mob gets closer and closer.

17.   Our eyes riveted the small screen and as the tension built our munchings grew more frantic.

18.   So as more beach-dozers awake to the smiling faces of pitchmen, new tensions are building on the shore.

19.   Since then, the tension has been building.

20.   Still, when the bidding gets up into five figures on what looks to be a scruffy old bottle of wine, the tension builds.