Example sentences of "[Wh pn] have just " in BNC.
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| 31 | There are others who are n't even dancing : one who has just gone over to the veranda and plunged his hand into the vat of boiling oil so he could offer a hot puri to a child in tears : another who is standing in the midst of the dancers being continually buffeted as they come and go , and hungrily eating a plateful of raw rice grains . |
| 32 | Margaret closed the briefcase with a click , like someone who has just completed a sale . |
| 33 | The child who has just been away from the room has to guess who is the murderer . |
| 34 | This is no time to hesitate , though , for however dazed , withdrawn , emotional , restless , irritable or distant she may seem , she is as urgently in need of help as someone who has just been badly injured in a road accident . |
| 35 | And Newton himself exudes the confidence of someone who has just had a shave and put on a fresh shirt . |
| 36 | Benjamin Braddock , who has just graduated with honours , flies back to his wealthy family in Southern California suburbia . |
| 37 | Another U2 character into home improvements is dapper urban cowboy BONO who has just received permission to build a huge swimming pool in the grounds of his mansion . |
| 38 | Inside , sits a diminutive man with a grey beard who has just celebrated his 90th birthday . |
| 39 | Have you captured a very tall American who has just stolen two million dollars ? ’ |
| 40 | Perspiration streams over the nearly-exposed breasts of Maxine Faulk , the hotel proprietress who has just buried her husband and wants to entice Shannon , a former minister , into her bed . |
| 41 | Suppose for example that I am a smoker who has just heard about the dangers of lung cancer . |
| 42 | Floyd , who has just finished filming in the Far East and has his autobiography and a cookery book in the pipeline , plus a new TV series , dreams of getting away from it all . |
| 43 | I 'm not naive , I know others will make more be back with more bids because he 's such a top -class goal scorer , ’ says the manager , who has just signed a contract keeping him at Hillsborough for the same time as Hirst . |
| 44 | They ran out of patience with £2.1 million record signing Fleck , who has just three goals all season , and sang ‘ What a load of rubbish ’ . |
| 45 | Coventry and Oldham are also in the hunt for Knight , who has just four League games under his belt . |
| 46 | The case of the chartered accountant who has just been found guilty of a serious reckless driving offence only came to the Institute 's attention by chance , when an Investigation Committee member heard about it on the radio . |
| 47 | KEEP AWAY FROM THE EDGE Anyone who has just missed a bus is experiencing stress , but will get over it quickly . |
| 48 | It 's like offering an elastoplast to somebody who has just been disembowelled . |
| 49 | In ‘ The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth ’ Tídwald says reprovingly to Torhthelm — who has just discovered his master 's headless body : |
| 50 | If you know someone who has just passed a very difficult music exam , for instance , you could celebrate their victory by decorating some of their exam piece with a few pressed flowers before framing it and giving it . |
| 51 | Robert Burke , a Hartley regular , is Bill McCabe , a small-time conman who has just been dumped by his girl . |
| 52 | But there is one glimmer of hope for Becky , who has just started school . |
| 53 | Each character is musically differentiated : the countess has two magnificently melancholic arias in which she laments the loss of her husband 's affection ; the count is portrayed as arrogant , cynical and menacing ; Figaro and Susanna are quick-witted , likeable , scheming and intelligent , able to give as good as they get , but both capable as well of jealousy and emotional suffering ; Cherubino is a confused adolescent who has just discovered sex but does n't know what to do with it . |
| 54 | The person who has just sent me into an inner panic of humiliated pride , anger and singeing hurt may have less responsibility in the matter than I may be inclined to attribute to them . |
| 55 | It is , therefore , worth bearing in mind that if you want a new tank , and have a friend who has just set up a new fish-house , you might do well to order through him/her … |
| 56 | The star , who has just enjoyed a hit with the old Smiths hit How Soon Is Now ? , suffers from bouts of depression . |
| 57 | But Derek — who has just bought a £10,000 car and added a two-storey extension to his five-bedroom semi , hit back : ‘ I am a workaholic . |
| 58 | But Bull , who has just signed a one year extension to his contract , struck twice with blistering shots in the 69th and 85th minutes . |
| 59 | Former matrimonial solicitor Helen Garlick , who has just published the Which ? |
| 60 | Waqar , who has just signed a new three-year contract with Surrey , said : ‘ I do n't care what people say about ball-tampering either . ’ |