One of the orderlies in the camp was a cobbler, but though the Huns frequently assured us they would provide him with the necessary tools, it took two months for their promise to materialise.
"'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany"
Gerald Featherstone Knight
I once held a seance at my house, just to convince myself as to its being a trick or not, I was told that the medium could materialise spirit forms.
"The Mystery of a Turkish Bath"
E.M. Gollan (AKA Rita)
In fact the obvious results of the publication took some months to materialise, and the number of candidates for election to the Society showed little increase during the spring.
"The History of the Fabian Society"
Edward R. Pease