Example sentences of "have just been " in BNC.

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1 I feel an opting-out system would be probably less distressing to the donor 's relatives ( who may find an approach for donation insensitive when they have just been told of an — often — unexpected death ) .
2 ‘ I have been called many things by my political opponents , but I have just been given the kiss of death . ’
3 A group of people have just been arrested by the railway Cheka for trying to travel without tickets , yet our peasant notes how the wife of a Roslavl' party member flourishes an authorization for a free pass typed out on a Tsarist form .
4 The others have just been a job .
5 The emphasis at this committee is on records which have just been released , or which are about to be released .
6 Also , Youth Worker lunches — monthly gatherings at the FYT office — have just been launched .
7 He went on : ‘ They are normally engaged in planning non-emergency journeys but since there have not been any it was felt that they have just been sitting around socialising when others are working long hours .
8 Back at the scene of the burglary , I can remember thinking next , ‘ Oh well , I suppose I can re-wrap some of the parcels that have just been torn open ; I suppose I could use cash instead for some of the presents that have gone ; there is some way that I can cope with this . ’
9 I have just been watching on television the final scenes from the Royal Shakespeare Company 's performance of Nicholas Nickleby .
10 A pair of French burr stones have just been removed from the mill , as well as the bedstone of the other pair .
11 The lecture theatre resonates like a drum with the chatter of a hundred-odd students , all talking at once , as if they have just been released from solitary confinement .
12 To believe that you have just been incredibly stupid .
13 She is simply an older version of the woman you have just been talking to , and so the farce goes into Round Two with defeat for the customer the only possible outcome .
14 For they have just been faced with the prospect of losing £1 million of the money they have to spend on research this year .
15 In fact I have just been looking at a place in South Audley Street , not far from Mattli .
16 CONTACT GROUPS These are usually for people who have a particular social problem in common or have just been through a similar trauma , like divorce or bereavement .
17 This brings us to rule five : only ever praise somebody ( a ) in order to condemn someone else ( ‘ Danny Baker is genuinely witty and not childish like so many Radio 1 ‘ personalities ' ’ ) or ( b ) if they have just been sacked ( ‘ I found the previous presenters stylish , informed and witty , creating just the right atmosphere .
18 ‘ Would you mind telling me where you have just been , and where you are going ? ’
19 Later , at home , my Dad puts up another five shelves in my bedroom to display the trophies that have just been delivered by Securicor .
20 ( Alternatively , you could pretend that you have just been beamed down from outer space and that you do not understand a word that he is saying — which is at least partly true ! )
21 The shelter sees many dogs which have just been dumped on Dartmoor — a favourite spot for ‘ losing ’ pets , as the wilderness has few witnesses .
22 I have just been dreadfully belaboured in the London Magazine .
23 ‘ Then perhaps you should take what I have just been saying even more seriously .
24 She says : ‘ It is a very valuable function because it helps people who are unemployed or have just been made redundant to do something which is worthwhile .
25 ‘ But I have just been to America , where England will play a big tournament next summer against the US , Brazil and Germany .
26 The letter ( the one we have just been talking about , the one that arrived by post this morning , the one containing Aunt Kitty 's cheque … ) is in the drawer ( the one in the desk , the one in the dressing table upstairs , the one in the kitchen where we always put the post … ) .
27 Many firms have just been hanging on .
28 Exposure drafts of ethical guidance on those topics have just been the subject of extensive consultation .
29 Have just been reading the book of Joel .
30 Indeed , as I write this , I have just been watching on television Lord Denning declaring with self-satisfaction that he puts all such letters straight into the wastepaper basket .
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