Example sentences of "they had just [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 He kept forgetting they would write it down : he seems to have thought — most of the time — that they had just turned up for a friendly drink .
2 They had just come out .
3 His eyebrows looked permanently as if they had just shot up .
4 From there it was possible to get into the Cathedral only through a large , very heavy door directly opposite the one they had just come through .
5 The bearer turned left along a line of houses they had just come out of .
6 ‘ When she started to cry they offered to help wipe her eyes and used a piece of soiled paper which they had just picked up .
7 They had just set out on holiday in their Mazda car .
8 They had just sat down when Zach suddenly let out a cry .
9 They had just read out their fax number for anyone who wanted to send a comment to the show when the phone rang .
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