Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] he have just [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Sara said as Slater , turning briefly to greet somebody he had just passed , came over to them .
2 When I complained to one of the newspaper 's senior editors , he told me he had just rejected an article highly critical of me and ray position .
3 Barney sniggered then continued , ‘ Selwyn Hopkins told me he has just bought a motorbike .
4 When one of Ken 's friends told her he had just bought a new television set — a 17-inch console — she commented : ‘ Seventeen inches ?
5 If he 'd only told them he 'd just had a baby , things might have been different .
6 " I wonder what he would have said , Chuck , if I 'd told him he 'd just served a drink to someone who 's probably going to be much more important one day than a run-of-the-mill Democratic senator from Virginia ? "
7 He could not believe what he had just lived through .
8 Her heart was acting so erratically that she could hardly analyse what he had just said .
9 It is important that I should ask the hon. Gentleman carefully to consider what he has just said about my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General , who set out the legal position as a Law Officer .
10 When I met him he 'd just done his shopping for two weeks .
11 When trying to guess where someone went when I missed him at the airport I do not imagine his thoughts , I try to imagine his situation as someone like him would see it , and think ; if he tells me he has just learned he has cancer I may hear in imagination the doctor 's grave voice , but I do not imagine the fear , I feel the chill of it ; if I see him cut his finger I do not imagine the pain as something objective before my ‘ mind 's eye ’ , either I look on as though the knife were cutting through cheese or I incipiently wince .
12 The superintendent asked if he really meant what he had just said .
13 Please always tell me the scientific name of your fish if possible , even if it means phoning up your dealer to ask what he has just sold you .
14 He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’
15 Then realizing what he 'd just heard , Dowd drew a long , slow breath .
16 ‘ Nice to meet you , Chief Inspector , ’ he said with automatic politeness , then considered what he had just said , decided it was beyond explanation and led them upstairs to his office .
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