Example sentences of "just [verb] in from " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have only just flown in from Paris and I am very tired . ’ |
| 2 | The madman has just flown in from Rome on a whim , to spend a few days with me here . |
| 3 | I just got in from Chateaubriand . ’ |
| 4 | It just bounced in from the garden . |
| 5 | Then , when the horse is brought out of the stable , instead of just walking quietly along ( which it would if it had just come in from the paddock ) , it is jumping out of its skin , ready to spook and shy at anything , nostrils dilated , eyes bulging , and tail hoisted high . |
| 6 | The puppy was probably encouraged to jump up when he was small and everyone thought it was quite fun , but now he is large , and has probably just come in from a swim in the pool and Aunty is standing there in her Sunday best . |
| 7 | It was quite soon after the terrible motor accident that had crippled him for life , and she had just come in from the garden with a bunch of flowers for him . |
| 8 | His stage set , along with the thumping music , flashing lights , and dry-ice clouds that go with it , had just come in from Scotland , and was due to head south as soon as we television camp-followers had done our reports in front of it . |
| 9 | She opened the door before Massingham had time to ring , her handsome shield-shaped face composed under the light brown fringe , and looking in her shirt , slacks and leather jerkin as elegantly informal as if she had just come in from a country walk . |
| 10 | ‘ This report has just come in from the Environments Officer . |
| 11 | Apart from that , though , the whole crew might have just come in from Ellis Island Caduta herself was clearly the queen bee here . |
| 12 | A game of tag ( see below ) may well be just the thing ; but if they 've just come in from the playground and that 's what they 've been doing for the last fifteen minutes , it would be a bit of a waste of time . |
| 13 | Well erm , at half past six Paula he 'll be in the middle of his tea , you 've got to give the guy a chance to turn round try to suit you , but think of him , he 's just getting in from work and boom |
| 14 | Look — there she is , just coming in from the garden . ’ |
| 15 | That time we 're just coming in from a nightclub . |
| 16 | The goods shed at the back , and the train just coming in from Lincoln there . |
| 17 | It 's staying on the dual carriageway , well I went round Steven 's to see if he thought to tow it round mine cos the already been on my back once oh no he said I 've only just walked in from work I 'm having my tea then I 'm going to bed he said , there 's no way I 'm towing no motor for the he said , just f off ! |
| 18 | Ya see , I just flew in from the States and I took your British Airways — my all-time favourite airline — and you know what they did ? |
| 19 | The movies succeeded because people could just walk in from the streets but from the beginning everything was done to ensure that as many people as possible were brought in . |
| 20 | He 'd just come in from a trip with a customer on one of the yachts . |
| 21 | The Superintendent had gone off duty , but Sergeant Burgess was there , and an Inspector who 'd just come in from a river patrol . |
| 22 | I 'd just come in from the garden and kicked my wellies off when it happened . ’ |
| 23 | I 'd only just come in from seeing to a sick sow — I 'm a pig farmer ; Mrs Langton here at Broom House knows me well . ’ |
| 24 | she did n't come while we 'd just come in from |
| 25 | Yeah , we 'd just come in from town as well had n't we ? |
| 26 | ‘ O Jesus Christ , ’ he said , looking over my shoulder as if JC had just wandered in from the garden , ‘ did you die for this boy ? ’ |
| 27 | The commodore , having just tacked in from Pin Mill , says that while he recognises the accomplishment of an ancient mariner there in teaching a grey parrot to recite the complete works of Shakespeare in Urdu , and could see that this might help international relations in some way , he is far from certain this was the sort of thing Mr Major had in mind . |
| 28 | He had just come in from sketching workmen out on the Geest , where they were laying water and gas pipes . |
| 29 | Have you just come in from school . |
| 30 | He 's just ridden in from London , and his lady 's here to meet him . |