Example sentences of "[pers pn] have just [verb] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I 've just come back from the Thomas Garlands ’ place , sir . ’ |
| 32 | I 'm not being rude now , I 've just come back from the Gambia and I have n't stopped |
| 33 | I said , ‘ Look , you know I 've just come out of Holloway after being on remand . ’ |
| 34 | I 've just come out of hospital . |
| 35 | ‘ As you can see , I 've just come out of the bath , ’ Shae said , striving to remain polite , when every instinct in her soul was screaming at her to send the actress running with her tail between her legs . |
| 36 | So I 've just come out of the goodness of my heart to warn you to save yourself while you can : you 'll lose Hugo — where is he , by the way ? |
| 37 | No he 'd love that though cos he could come round and go shit I 've just come out of rehab and everyone would go oh wow man you must be really drugged out . |
| 38 | Well I 've just come out of the debate which has just finished on the Palestine and Israel situation and er we passed the voting paper which will become policy for the party , calling for er a non-violent solution recognising the P L O and urging the U N to facilitate negotiations between Israeli government and the P L O. |
| 39 | I 've just come across from the factory ; it 's windy out . ’ |
| 40 | I 've only just started so he said er I 've just come down to you know . |
| 41 | you were n't in and I could n't , I could n't find telephone number to give him a ring , I 've just got , I 've just got through to Directory Enquiries , got the number , just gon na dial it and gran says Annette 's home . |
| 42 | ‘ I 've just got off on the wrong foot with Harcourt . |
| 43 | She shakes me gently by the hand and announces quietly , ‘ I 've just got out of the bath . ’ |
| 44 | I 've just got back to England . |
| 45 | that I 've just picked up off the here . |
| 46 | I 've just driven down from Manchester and I 'm slightly knackered . |
| 47 | I 've just sat down on a hairbrush ! ’ |
| 48 | I feel like I 've just woken up after a long dream ; ’ |
| 49 | I HAVE just set up in business as a limited company . |
| 50 | ‘ I have just come back from lecturing in New York and I am off to lecture in Hong Kong . |
| 51 | ‘ I have just come back from talking to Alfred and I telephoned Maurice . ’ |
| 52 | I have just sat down on the wet grass when everyone around me starts to move swiftly in the direction of the wooded area just visible through the mist and gloom . |
| 53 | I HAVE just returned home after my first visit to Glasgow . |
| 54 | Using the hypothetical examples above , for instance , this is how it might work out : skilled employment ( 4 ) the top possible score : employment duration — she has just gone back to work ( 1 ) ; housing — she has had to move to a smaller flat(l) so has n't been there long ( 0 ) ; she does have a bank account ( 4 ) ; but is separated ( 0 ) ; and quite young ( 2 ) . |
| 55 | Occasionally flicking back a stray blonde hair , Mrs Bottomley comes to the despatch box as if she has just leapt out of a hair spray advert . |
| 56 | Her heart raced like a riptide ; her ears rang and lights fizzed at the back of her eyes as if she 'd just dived deep into the bosom of Ocean . |
| 57 | I thought she 'd just popped out of her house like to have her hair done . |
| 58 | Charlie was dead keen on Lilian doing him credit and she always did , always looked as if she 'd just stepped out of a bandbox . |
| 59 | she 'd gone out , she 'd just slipped out with Alice for something |
| 60 | She 'd just walked in to the nearest doorway and spilled the whole thing to a complete stranger . |