Example sentences of "[conj] she had just [verb] from " in BNC.

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1 They were country people in a sense that Melanie was not , although she had just come from the green fields and they might have lived in London all their lives .
2 Her blonde curls looked as if she had just come from a hairdresser rather than from the hand basin in her own bedroom which was where she had washed her hair this morning .
3 Her arms felt languorous , her flesh soft and relaxed as if she had just awakened from sleep .
4 Even when she had just fallen from a catwalk , Dana had a vivacity Claudia could n't match .
5 How could she spend Roman 's money so lavishly when she had just parted from her lover ?
6 Tessa , a keen machine knitter , was a little nervous as she had just moved from the South and was conscious of the supposed North/South divide but she found the warmest welcome .
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