Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] had just [been] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was none other than the juvenile that I had just been defending . |
| 2 | One day a child came home from Sunday School declaring that he had just been hearing about how Moses crossed the Red Sea with tanks and Bailey bridges . |
| 3 | Now she saw that he had just been dealing with the easy , practical part first . |
| 4 | ‘ Not too good , I 've heard , ’ said Greg , not adding that he had just been grilling the doctor who signed her second husband 's death certificate . |
| 5 | He had a half-beard and he looked dirty , as if he had just been working with hammers and bricks and wood and chisels . |
| 6 | He had sprung to his feet and thrown out his arms and cried , for he had just been doing Archimedes ' Principle at school , " Eureka ! " |