Example sentences of "he [vb past] just [vb pp] from a " in BNC.

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1 He had just escaped from a ship at Sharpness docks .
2 Apart from the sore cracks between most of his toes , the skin was heavily calloused and his heels were covered in blisters ( he had just returned from a particularly arduous walk ) .
3 He had just returned from a fresh session with the PM at Downing Street .
4 He had just returned from a visit in 1937 to the Government fighting front in Spain .
5 He looked as though he had just returned from a Chas'n Dave concert or tied up Hercules the horse in the Steptoe and Son barn .
6 ‘ … and the pathetic thing was that he thought he had just recovered from a long period of madness . ’
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