Example sentences of "you 've just [vb pp] a " in BNC.

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1 Well , you 've just said a word , it costs three hundred pounds !
2 You 've just gone a lot quieter
3 6 You 've just discovered an animal new to science .
4 The question begs , you have to say , How come when you 've just retarmacked a road That 's right , electricity board , gas , erm cable T V company ?
5 You 're not old nan you 've just lived a long time
6 He rates the rush he gets from Ecstasy very highly : ‘ It 's like you 've just scored a goal in a football match for three hours . ’
7 He recalls that in 1981 , when he ‘ crossed over ’ to become the first , and so far only , sports writer ever to win the ‘ Journalist of the Year ’ Award , Colin Hart , a sports columnist with the Sun , approached him and said ‘ Congratulations Hughie , you 've just struck a blow for the Toy Department ! ’
8 Charles was all welcoming smiles , ‘ You 've just missed a board meeting , old man .
9 " You might say , Chuck , " he said over his shoulder , that you 've just witnessed a very clear demonstration of the principle on which every empire in history 's ever been built .
10 If you 've just done a 12-mile ridge-walk then I 'm sure nothing will be further from your thoughts , but if you plan a weekend away with a person you 've fancied for ages and somehow end up heading for a bothy , unless you are totally alone any thought of a fumble in the sleeping-bag should be out of the question .
11 You 've just done a TV series and book about the history of climbing .
12 ‘ It 's a bit of an aphrodisiac apparently , ’ I explained — ‘ which is tremendously useful when you 've just done a two-and-a-half hour show , driven 45 minutes home , eaten a baked potato the size of a human foot , scrubbed off two layers of greasepaint , nose shading , violet eyeshadow and seemingly permanent mascara , brushed one and a half cans of lacquer off the split ends , flossed the gums , massaged the bridgework , popped the ear plugs over the acupuncture needle , put the airplane mask over the anti-ageing eye cream and — pièce de lack of résistance — applied the ‘ Tonic Bust ’ to prevent anything descending further south during the night .
13 Hang on hang on you 've just written a quarter you said four twelfths .
14 Now , if you can be reasonably precise , erm careful , about what the procedure to be followed is , you 've just written a program .
15 ‘ And that did n't cause what you 've just called an international incident ? ’
16 you 've just finished a course of antibiotics , have n't you ?
17 And it 's wired right into the power amp , so you do n't have to worry about tone circuits or reverbs — you 've just got a good sound to play along with .
18 It 's almost mesmeric as well is n't it , this repetition of now , now , now between between the but as as you were saying , it 's sketching all the details in so you , if you were sketching a fox , you know you begin somewhere and say you begin with the nose you 've just got a little detail the nose and the eyes but eventually you 've got to put the whole sketch in .
19 So you 've just got a curtain round it ?
20 She says no you 've just got a very infect on your chest , but , I did have a cold that night , yeah sneeze
21 Trevor with respect you 've just wasted a hell of a lot of time for you and me have n't you ?
22 You 've just introduced a new method of measurement for all planners Mr .
23 And you 've just bought a house .
24 you 've just bought a car or you 've got a car you can take it and the police look over it to see if it 's alright .
25 You 've just signed a new striker , I told him , and I 'll give you three guesses who it is .
26 Maybe you need to track down an old kitchen manufacturer , or perhaps you 've just signed a contract to get rid of a high-pressure salesman , and are worried because there does n't appear to be a get-out clause .
27 As for ‘ bookmatched ’ , well … imagine you 've just lifted a book from a library shelf .
28 you 've just taken a knock you did n't get the job , it 's not to say a job wo n't come up again now what you gon na do give up or keep trying ?
29 ‘ And you 've just had a holiday . ’
30 No you ca n't my darling , you 've just had a piece of
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