Example sentences of "and [noun prp] had just " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fifteen years ago , when Brian and Scarlet had just bought the house next door to Constance , she had regarded the police as her worst enemy , but things had changed . |
| 2 | Once folks had printed a few pages of closely spaced text , the next logical step was to print lots of pages of giant words announcing to the world that Fred and Wilma had just got married , or that winkles were on special offer at only ten bob a pound . |
| 3 | We was in this railway station and Marie had just been to the dentist . |
| 4 | Rob and Heather had just joined them then , and presumably Luke had felt that he had good reason for not wanting to prolong any conversation about Elise . |
| 5 | The hammer had been lying in the garden and Youngs had just picked it up . |
| 6 | I 've worked with them before , you see , ’ he added , in explanation and Teversham had just time to assure him he well understood and would n't himself like to work with anyone else 's squad , before Miss Williams , tears in her eyes , and Francis Morgan , white with distress , bore down on them . |
| 7 | It was November and Jed had just turned twenty-two . |
| 8 | He and Diana had just returned from an exhausting tour of America , plugging Britain and British industry at every turn . |
| 9 | Billy and Paul had just disembarked from their tour bus after a 17-hour journey from the previous night 's gig supporting Rush in Fort Worth , Texas , and were on their way to play in St Louis the next evening . |
| 10 | So we were back before the firebox , exhausted and happy , and Laura had just shut down the kiln , when Edward came round into the yard again . |
| 11 | Jesus , Saint Peter and James and John had just been on the mountain top at the site of the transfiguration , a high point in the gospel story , and right on the heels of that they descended into the valley below and there was a crowd with Jesus ' others disciples . |
| 12 | Each of us carries an unreliable ankle for instance , and Tony had just given his a jolt . |
| 13 | She had gone to give pregnant niece Dawn Morgan a lift to hospital — and Dawn had just gone into labour . |
| 14 | Blood was seeping rapidly through his trousers and Rachel had just attempted to staunch the flow when she felt someone touch her shoulder . |