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 . |