Example sentences of "who had just [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Neil , who had just called for the bill , pulled out his watch , and said cheerfully , ‘ Oh , we have already missed it , McAllister . |
| 2 | By the following weekend , Ned had begun to lose interest in his lover and within two weeks , much to her distress , he began leaving her alone for long periods of time while he chased after a very attractive Border Collie who had just moved into a neighbouring street . |
| 3 | The ‘ nearest thing she could get ’ to a Lord Ismay was Sir Michael Palliser , who had just retired from the headship of the Diplomatic Service . |
| 4 | And into the confusion strolled an elderly passer-by who had just popped into the hotel for a quiet ploughman 's lunch and nearly passed out instead . |
| 5 | ‘ I remember when Jason first came and auditioned for me one day after school in his school uniform , very hot and perspiring , and a typical teenage schoolboy who had just run to the audition . |
| 6 | True , the Armenians of Beirut have collected some macabre , terrible old photographs that might — had they been studied with more care by the shell-shocked peoples who had just emerged from the First World War — have served as a warning , the shape of things to come . |
| 7 | Stendhal immortalized the city in La Chartreuse de Parme , describing the beautiful women who walked in the streets as Madonnas who had just emerged from the paintings of Correggio and Parmigianino . |
| 8 | I was working for a yarn firm who had just gone into the marketing of coned yarns — unfortunately they did not stay the course . |
| 9 | Forget , who had just gone through the last of countless body punches from Noah , ( who throughout , worked just as hard to encourage his players as they did to respond to him ) literally ran from his seat , round the net to the far baseline in readiness to serve . |
| 10 | He turned to look at Denholm who had just arrived on the bridge . |
| 11 | As I arrived , I met Anouska Hempel 's husband , the brilliant financier Sir Mark Weinberg , and later I had the pleasure of having their beautifully mannered nine-year-old son Jonathan , who had just returned for the summer holidays from Ludgrove , sitting next to me . |
| 12 | In stark contrast to the attitude of the Scribes and Pharisees , Jesus pointed to a poor widow who had just come into the Temple and placed two small coins into the offertory box . |
| 13 | " I say , you do n't happen to know how this blessed thing works , do you ? " he asked the person who had just come into the music-room . |
| 14 | ‘ Is his name really that ? ’ said Penelope , who had just come into the kitchen . |
| 15 | Penelope had taken note of the two quite personable looking men who had just come into the hall ! and were standing looking about them with some bewilderment , as if uncertain what they ought to do . |
| 16 | Then his gaze moved to Merrill as Heather pulled Rob away to meet a small group who had just come into the room . |
| 17 | This from Garry who had just come in the front door . |
| 18 | For the tourney I returned to the serving table to serve the knights who had just fought with a drink , and serve the ladies with bread , cheese and fruit . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's going to be a long night , ’ he said , and he turned to Creed , who had just walked into the room , and smiled . |
| 20 | The woman who had just walked into the sitting room had most decidedly not put on weight ; nor had she let herself go … anywhere . |