Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] have [adv] finish " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were seated , as was their custom , in the summer-house , where they had just finished a light lunch . |
| 2 | You use CLOSE# to tell BBCBASIC(Z80) that you have completely finished with a file or device for this phase of the program . |
| 3 | Imagine that you have just finished a tuck row . |
| 4 | When you have finished the novel it is not that you have really finished it , but that you have decided to do no more work on it . |
| 5 | Well as example of the kind of thing that we 've just finished doing is we 've run a course for local school teachers from East and West Sussex on using electronics in schools . |
| 6 | ‘ I think , ’ Tuppe pulled a converted shirt tail from his trouser pocket and dabbed his mouth with it , ‘ that we had best finish up here and apply ourselves to adventures elsewhere . ’ |
| 7 | She knew that he had nearly finished with the Jacobites ; and as far as she was aware he had nothing else lined up . |
| 8 | and I 'd just finished training as a nurse and I thought I was really cool and calm and I would of reported it , but I did n't |
| 9 | I 've never seen the fabulous city of New York and I 've never finished reading The Rise of The Dutch Republic . ’ |
| 10 | The time is now 7.30 p.m. and I have just finished a very good meal of my favourite steak and kidney out of , of course , the self-heating tin . |
| 11 | It is late evening and Marianne , Walter and I have just finished a large couscous washed down by several bottles of heady local wine . |
| 12 | ‘ I think the best I 've qualified has been 12th and I have never finished a race , so I am due something . |
| 13 | I fiddle with my safety catch like I 've just finished on the firing range , and I lean back looking nonchalant because I 'm too weak to make a move . |
| 14 | By 10.30pm the contractions were getting even stronger and I was beginning to feel like I 'd just finished running a marathon . |
| 15 | And you 've nearly finished . |
| 16 | She had left herself the early part of the evening free , and she had just finished dressing when Florian and Nicky dropped in to show her some new photos of the fair South African child who went by the name of Joni Jones , Florian having insisted on the first and the name with which he had replaced his original , paradoxically both more and less ordinary name , having been legalised in both countries whose passports he held , the United Kingdom and South Africa . |
| 17 | There was a chest of drawers in her room , and she had just finished folding away other articles of clothing when she heard voices in the sitting-room . |
| 18 | Everybody seemed to have bought a new dress for the occasion , and she had hardly finished paying for her suit . |
| 19 | There were still plenty to be found , and she had almost finished arranging them when the second minibus arrived . |
| 20 | You can open and close a file several times within one program , but it is generally considered " better form " not to close a file until you have finally finished with it . |
| 21 | She even dabs at her own dribble ; daintily she does it , like she 's just finished dinner . |
| 22 | ‘ And now , if you 've quite finished , I 'll go . ’ |
| 23 | How 's your first year going then cos you 've nearly finished it now ? |
| 24 | We 'd decorated the outside and we 'd nearly finished . |
| 25 | Squiffy everywhere and erm that night the evening activity was tobogganing and we 'd just finished all this wine . |
| 26 | Now Zain has given me great help and everybody sort of helped er you know I 've discussed it with everybody and we 've almost finished erm a really good proposal I think . |
| 27 | And they 've just finished work on this 4.5 litre Bentley . |
| 28 | And they 've just finished playing in that Championship match at Tuffley Park . |
| 29 | Gerry 's ship had been in the Albert Dock and they had just finished papering the front bedroom . |
| 30 | And then they was eating their supper so just want another piece of bread , and they 'd nearly finished the tape . |