Example sentences of "the [noun] have just [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The goals have just dried up . |
| 2 | THE fighting had just broken out in Panama City when a group of men dressed in civilian clothes and armed with rifles surrounded the Marriott Hotel and began rounding up guests . |
| 3 | She had n't meant to ask , the words had just slipped out . |
| 4 | The work 's just dried up ) |
| 5 | And then I met someone from the Kaplan galleries which showed thinking bishops in their robes such as you see in the windows of the galleries in St James'/ The gallery had just taken on a new director and were proposing to show modern art — people like Tinguely and Marcelle Cahn who at that time were n't known . |
| 6 | Quickly she read the article , then handed the paper to Fred , wondering why she felt as though the bottom had just fallen out of her world . |
| 7 | The sun has just gone down . |
| 8 | The job had just kicked off so the blokes used to just the phone inside you know if they wanted . |
| 9 | The request had just come in . |
| 10 | This was odd , since the BBC had just come up with the figures of 301 for the Tories and 298 for Labour . |
| 11 | I am her pupil , but I can not read what I have written , because the lights have just gone out and the glow of the electric fire has dwindled to nothingness . |
| 12 | The three other members of the crew had just come back to the pump — we were doing " series pumping " — they had brought me a bottle of beer and I was taking a swig . |
| 13 | The madman has just flown in from Rome on a whim , to spend a few days with me here . |
| 14 | He said he was a reporter and he told me of the death of the King , the news had just come through . |
| 15 | But I 'm very concerned with what the surveyor 's just said about regarding Road . |
| 16 | The impression of a house where the occupants had just walked out for a stroll in the garden was very strong . |
| 17 | ‘ Having been so close to winning the title in the past few years I thought this was going to be my chance but the draws have just dried up and I ca n't seem to get near fish , ’ said Dave from Hednesford , Staffordshire . |
| 18 | This guy who lives round the corner had just come out and he 'd started up in business again and he was laying it on me a gram at a time and I was doing it out in bags . |
| 19 | None of the vehicles had just picked up . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , sorry to disturb you both , ’ he said , warily , ‘ but someone from the Senate has just rung up , Charles . |
| 21 | Jackie Gardner takes exhibits to horticultural shows all over the country and the nursery has just picked up a Gold Medal at Chelsea . |
| 22 | An argument developed because Mr Brown told her that the new chauffeur the company had just taken on could use her car while she was away , as the car that had been ordered for him had not arrived . |
| 23 | The reflectors , the mean here is at thirteen the average is thirteen they 're all slightly higher , so eighteen to twenty would be a very strong whereas the others have just come out fifteen to seventeen which is strong , you 've actually come out fairly strong there , because the highest score for anything is twenty . |
| 24 | I pondered on the Italian touch Id experienced early that Sunday afternoon , and reflected on why the rest of the weekend had just fizzled out into one empty blank . |
| 25 | But , her husband 's just sta , or the boyfriend , the boyfriend 's just started up a new company |