Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] have just [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as one door closes , another opens — and the former Larne defender has just been appointed manager of Smithwick 's Amateur League Premier side Drumaness Mills . |
| 2 | We felt pretty helpless in the train , as we did not know whether any arrangements had been made to meet us at Canton , but at the station we were welcomed by a Min. of Education official , together with a teacher-interpreter from Canton university , who surprised us with his urbane manner , excellent English , and his knowledge that David Owen had just been made the substantive Foreign Secretary to replace Anthony Crossland ( and that , incidentally , is about the last news we have heard about affairs in the U.K. ! ) . |
| 3 | Leggy Linda Lusardi has just been told that her new job involves moving in with seven adoring men . |
| 4 | Old Mr David Hughes has just been told by his doctors that he 'll have to retire , and the younger members of the family would prefer to sell out and start up on their own . |
| 5 | At Hanworth he met a girl named Hanna Reitsch.She had just been towed across the English Channel in a glider . |
| 6 | Alan Smith had just been appointed editor and was about to change the whole face of the paper , ditching those who revered Cilla as the greatest swinger on the block . |
| 7 | The price of oil was tumbling again , one of his most reliable brokers on Wall Street had just been arrested for insider dealing , the acquisition of a highly prestigious London hotel had been held up by a query as to who actually owned it and , back home , one of his sisters had just committed suicide , causing a tremor of scandal throughout the country . |
| 8 | Eastbourne lifeboat had just been recovered after an exercise when the crew heard the ship 's initial Mayday on their radio and were able to identify the vessel by radar and pass on her position to Dover Coastguard . |
| 9 | Second was the husband of Mrs Chapple ; Mrs Chapple had just been admitted to hospital and seemed unlikely to return home : |
| 10 | I 've was just I heard erm how Lord Jonathan has just been become become a pier or something . |
| 11 | Buckingham Palace has just been opened to the public , and several hundred people , ready to fork out the £8 ( $12.50 ) admission charge , wait patiently . |
| 12 | Northampton Town had just been beaten at home by Shrewsbury Town . |
| 13 | Keith Fuller has just been picked by the News of the World from 1,000 entries as THE British answer to the new President . |
| 14 | His advertisement for the Hayward Gallery 's Doubletake show has just been vetoed by London Underground . |
| 15 | Twenty three year old John Kitchin had just been remanded in custody on a burglary charge . |
| 16 | Twenty three year old John Kitchin had just been remanded in custody on a burglary charge . |