Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb past] just [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took it for granted I 'd just been lying there since I went out , and whoever had jumped me had made off and left me there . |
| 2 | To judge by your face , you 'd have thought I 'd just been sentenced to hang , not thrown a lifeline . ’ |
| 3 | But erm I felt as though , I felt exactly the same , I felt I 'd just been asleep I just had my eyes shut and I felt opening one eye to have a look out and see what people were doing . |
| 4 | We knew she had just been promoted at work , so it could n't be that . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought you 'd just been made a director of this firm ? ’ |
| 6 | We 'd been discussing something else , and I said it out of the blue , but in my mind it was as if we 'd just been talking about Oliver , and the way she answered , as if she thought we 'd just been talking about Oliver too and there was n't any break in that conversation even though we 'd been through lots of different subjects in the meantime , made me feel very cheerful . |
| 7 | And I think they 'd just been hounding him for a while and that was the last straw . |
| 8 | When she said they 'd just been to see their son in Rhodesia and you said ‘ Kenya for officers , Rhodesia for other ranks ’ it was awfully rude . ’ |