Example sentences of "[noun] have just [vb pp] from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Professor Jack Spence of Leicester university has just returned from a fact-finding tour of South Africa . |
| 2 | A delegation of lawyers from the British Romanian Law Association has just returned from a successful trip to Romania , having given seminars in two Romanian cities and met with representatives of the Romanian Bar Association . |
| 3 | For his own paddling Andy has just changed from the AeroQuatic to the Dagger Crossfire and can now do brilliant 360s without paddles . |
| 4 | The pristine Gondola has just emerged from the new paint-shop , opened in 1922 , and is about to be moved sideways on the traverser . |
| 5 | Les Stocker , the animal saviour from St Tiggywinkles Wildlife hospital at Haddenham has just returned from the islands after a fortnight 's hard work . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | A group of ornithologists has just returned from an expedition to an arid area in Mexico in which you are keenly interested . |
| 8 | TEENAGE striker Stephen Perkins has just returned from a week 's trial at Stoke City and the Potters have expressed great interest . |
| 9 | Jakki had just returned from an idyllic holiday in America ( more of which in a moment ) when she was told to get back on a plane because the Material girl had finally agreed to give an interview on Radio One . |
| 10 | Jesus had just returned from the country of the Gerasenes . |
| 11 | Her father had just returned from the public house , and was at his most sensitive to the shame brought upon his noble name by Tess . |
| 12 | The two-car Pacer train had just emerged from a tunnel when it ploughed into 11 cows . |
| 13 | The speaker had just returned from a ‘ little-known place , in Southern Africa — Lesotho , or ‘ Basutoland , as it used to be called ’ . |
| 14 | Two Chinese teachers have just graduated from an international centre in Hebrew They say both China and Israel have ancient traditions , and it 's about time they got to know more about each other . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He and Diana had just returned from an exhausting tour of America , plugging Britain and British industry at every turn . |
| 17 | Sergeant Bramble had just returned from the Manor House upon his bicycle . |
| 18 | PC Reid , a second RUC officer and a group of soldiers had just emerged from a field and were about to set up a roadblock on the Castleblaney Road on the outskirts of the town , when the shot rang out . |
| 19 | The dominant factor , in relation to poor housing conditions , lack of proper sanitation , food shortages and growing unemployment , was the fact that the country had just emerged from the horrors of the First Great War . |
| 20 | That 's because Tony has just emerged from the players ' tunnel . |
| 21 | Some of the Left had just defected from the ILP and had no desire to join with it again . |