Example sentences of "the [noun sg] and have just [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had driven back to the village and had just turned off the road on to the In Salah track . |
| 2 | Sir : I am studying for A-levels at the moment and have just sent off my application form to study medicine at university . |
| 3 | Paul , 27 , from Hanworth , Middlesex , spent a blank five hours at the water and had just changed swims when the pike took a float fished trout on 12 lb line with size 8 barbless trebles . |
| 4 | He quit the booth and had just turned the corner when the plain-clothes policeman emerged from an alley and glanced at the bank of kiosks . |
| 5 | Descending the stone steps from the station platform , Durham turned up the gas and had just sat down on the bench and opened his bait tin when he was startled by the apparition of a strange man followed by a large black retriever dog emerging from the coal cellar . |
| 6 | Swallow explained ‘ They had a low-key attitude to the region and had just wanted to get a foot in the door . |