Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] have just [vb pp] from " in BNC.

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1 Durham solicitor David Keating has just returned from Albania where he led a delegation of lawyers to help establish the legal profession there .
2 Sergeant Bramble had just returned from the Manor House upon his bicycle .
3 It was interesting that Fishwick Mona had just returned from the Great Yorkshire Show where she had stood third in a strong yearling heifer class .
4 TEENAGE striker Stephen Perkins has just returned from a week 's trial at Stoke City and the Potters have expressed great interest .
5 Mr Wormwood had just returned from work .
6 For his own paddling Andy has just changed from the AeroQuatic to the Dagger Crossfire and can now do brilliant 360s without paddles .
7 Jon Bloomfield has just returned from Prague .
8 IBM Corp traditionally sends departing executives off with glowing resumees of their illustrious careers , so it was striking that the announcement late Friday that former chairman and chief executive officer John Akers had just retired from the company after 33 years was accompanied by the briefest and curtest summaries of his career — after all , the man had significant achievements behind him when he acceded to the top job , and it is arguable that many of the problems that plagued the company during Akers ' tenure were the fault of his predecessors , although it must be said that he was also in the loop at the time .
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