Example sentences of "just finished a " in BNC.

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1 Nancarrow , who has only just finished a ban for venting his anger by making an obscene gesture to a referee during the British Open , was reported to the tournament director for abusing match officials , his opponent , and the court .
2 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 .
3 ‘ Well , 14/ 20th Hussars came back off exercise with a lot of dead equipment and 2nd Field Regiment has just finished a major inspection in preparation for firing camp starting in three weeks .
4 ANTHONY GREEN ON HIS WIFE , MARY : ‘ I 've just finished a picture about Mary and me making love on my mother 's spare bed .
5 She has just finished a portrait of seven-year-old Tulip Dempster , a Pekingese , commissioned by Lady Camilla for Nigel Dempster 's birthday — the second one she has done for the family — and a portrait of Mr and Mrs John Menzies ' two dogs .
6 PHILIPPE ROZIER , who has just finished a three-month ban after Oscar Minotiere was found over the permitted limit of the painkiller , butazolidine , rode the same horse to victory for France in the Euro Horse Trophy in Gothenberg yesterday , writes Alan Smith .
7 ‘ Yes , I 've just finished a letter .
8 It is late evening and Marianne , Walter and I have just finished a large couscous washed down by several bottles of heady local wine .
9 They 've just finished a new office block with the lowest handrails .
10 At the time of his stroke , he had just finished a major biography , which had received critical acclaim , and he was researching for his next book .
11 Having just finished a talk to a class of candidates for the ministry in a major denomination I was ‘ verbally assaulted ’ by the principal of the theological college concerned who picked up on a brief reference I made to Creation and Evolution and proceeded to state in the strongest possible terms that many true Christians believe in the theory of evolution and reject the biblical account of a literal six day creation as recorded in Genesis .
12 They have just finished a report for the Norwegian government on its atomic research centre .
13 After graduation I worked in London for a couple of years , but in 1985 a decision had to be made : my husband had just finished a sixmonth intensive training course at the Thatching Advisory Service in Berkshire .
14 ‘ I 've just finished a movie score , so I 'm kinda waiting to see .
15 We 've just finished a breakfast that makes you realise Cleese must have really researched Fawlty Towers .
16 Janet , 33 , suffering from a brain tumour , has just finished a course of the drug Temozolomide .
17 The aircraft , one of only two airworthy Kingcobras in the world , had just finished a three year rebuild by the Chino-based Fighter Rebuilders ( illustrated ) .
18 Imagine that you have just finished a tuck row .
19 She 'd just finished a seven-day sentence in Holloway prison .
20 Vic , 44 , had just finished a £12-ahead meal with six workers from his typesetting firm when he ordered the doubles .
21 The Australian representative of the Mission , who drove me to the Southern Cross Hotel in Sydney , explained that the Mantela , a Sanderstown boat of 5,000 tons which normally plied between the islands , had just finished a refit in Sydney and was about to sail two days after my arrival .
22 The first time , I was a student and had just finished a holiday job as a shopfitter in Soho .
23 Mr Bumble had completed his business in the city , and had just finished a most satisfactory meal in a pub .
24 Indeed , they had just finished a three month study , half funded by the hospital ‘ at a time when it did n't have a penny ’ to assess bed blocking on one medical/geriatric ward that had particular problems .
25 The band , who have just finished a tour supporting Soul II Soul are currently playing PAs around the county at Bradford Phase II on November 12 then the Blackpool Soul Weekender 23–25 .
26 you 've just finished a course of antibiotics , have n't you ?
27 Now , for example , they had just finished a sponge bath in bed , there was a pre-dinner blood glucose test to do , as well as the pre-dinner insulin injection — right arm , site four , this evening — and the foot-care routine still to fit in .
28 He 's just finished a TV pilot for the American channel CBS , entitled Beauty . ’
29 He 's just finished a stint as Edmund in King Lear at the Royal Court Theatre and is looking forward to a holiday in Wales with his actress wife , six-year-old daughter and teenage stepson .
30 ‘ I 've just finished a piece for the January issue , ’ she said .
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