Example sentences of "[that] [pron] had just been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was none other than the juvenile that I had just been defending . |
| 2 | She realised , wearily , almost too tired to care , that she had just been made the butt of a joke . |
| 3 | He strode away without giving her a chance to speak , leaving her with the distinct impression that she had just been steamrollered . |
| 4 | Why did she get the distinct impression that she had just been steamrollered ? |
| 5 | Jenjin told Rostov that Burun had broken Nogai 's wrist during an argument five days earlier , and that it had just been suggested that if his plan went ahead he might get the other one broken as well . |
| 6 | Similarly , in the report of ‘ a sex beast nicknamed ‘ The Acne Kid ’ ’ ( Star ) , who boasted to the victim that he had just been freed from prison and said : ‘ I 've served time for rape before ’ , speculation about this possible link was scotched quickly . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Now she saw that he had just been dealing with the easy , practical part first . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |