Example sentences of "[verb] finished [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a woman has finished her menstrual period and has counted seven days when no fresh bleeding has been apparent , she must immerse herself in a mikva before sexual relations with her husband can resume . |
| 2 | My silly wee sister has finished her Christmas shopping . |
| 3 | " Let's hope she 'll be worth more when she has finished her course , " Sara said lightly . |
| 4 | When the uranium fuel has finished its useful life producing electricity inside Britain 's thirty-odd currently operating commercial reactors , it can not simply be disposed of . |
| 5 | The government commission examining the activities of the Gallery has finished its work . |
| 6 | If a club has finished its league and cup programme , then it has also been practice that any ban imposed wo n't take effect until the start of next season , so as not to prevent the player taking part in close-season and pre-season tournaments . |
| 7 | By sailing along behind someone you can act as a human video and when your partner has finished his run you can mimic what he was doing . |
| 8 | He has finished his course = He has his course finished |
| 9 | Such an interpretation is not merely a case of reading some preferred assumption into the silence on the subject of the Miller 's relationship with the Reeve that descends after the Reeve has finished his tale . |
| 10 | MIDDLESBROUGH striker Paul Wilkinson has finished his first season at Ayresome Park as leading scorer with 24 League and Cup goals . |
| 11 | Brutus asks the crowd to listen to what he has to say , and not to move until he has finished his speech . |
| 12 | Bob has finished his Art Course , but is going on to do another , beginning this month . |
| 13 | When they 'd finished their tea , they returned their cups to the mobile canteen and continued on their way . |
| 14 | Trouble was , by the time I came on , they 'd finished their chickens and were eating the baskets . ’ |
| 15 | They 'd finished their show and were coming back down to the damp and squalid cellar the management refused to redecorate because of its ‘ classic atmosphere ’ . |
| 16 | We ran short of numbers to do it if you like , from seven thirty to twelve initially , in terms of the original count and the original people when they 'd finished their count . |
| 17 | It was after they 'd finished their porcheddu and the conversation had switched to other things that Guido suddenly excused himself . |
| 18 | After they 'd finished their lunch Valerie Stevens took her husband off across the field to where a little knot of donkeys were assembling to take part in the donkey derby , an important annual event at the OBEX Family Day . |
| 19 | When they 'd finished their second cup of coffee her companion murmured , ‘ Time for one more thing . ’ |
| 20 | When they 'd finished their simple meal , obeying Michele 's instructions , Luce moved back to the couch while he cleared away the dishes and brought in coffee , glasses , and a crystal decanter . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh lassie ! ’ she whispered , aghast , when she 'd finished her tale . |
| 22 | As she ate her treat she announced she would pay the mortuary a visit directly she 'd finished her tea . |
| 23 | Perhaps if the age-gap of eight years between them had been less … perhaps if she herself had stayed at home for a few years instead of finding separate lodgings as soon as she 'd finished her A levels and joined Grantham and Marsh as a junior copywriter … |
| 24 | she 'd finished her training she 's had |
| 25 | If only he 'd finished his new masterpiece before he 'd submitted it to her critical eye . |
| 26 | Two years later after he 'd finished his studies he came back and claimed the part of Scott . |
| 27 | He 'd board the chopper when he 'd finished his drink , tell the pilot to take him to London Airport . |
| 28 | I 'd finished my foundation year earlier that summer and , although I 'd been offered a fulltime place — and grant — to do my Fine Art degree in painting , I blew it out . |
| 29 | AFTER I 'd finished my house jobs as a new doctor , I did a stint on obstetrics as a junior . |
| 30 | I was of no fixed abode , but I 'd finished my time so they still let me go . |