Example sentences of "[noun] has just [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Pacey has just taken over as head of the National Criminal Intelligence Service . |
| 2 | After all this is the woman whose husband has just run off with Felicity Kendal . |
| 3 | A film editor friend has just come back from a couple of weeks of yoga , a music producer I know goes to St James , Piccadilly , where they have spiritual talks on a Monday evening , while a designer friend does Chi-Kung , a Chinese movement like Tai-Chi , where you have to ‘ stand like a tree ’ . |
| 4 | A disused Victorian toilet block has just gone up for sale . |
| 5 | The madman has just flown in from Rome on a whim , to spend a few days with me here . |
| 6 | But the reason I have sat down so quickly is because the old man has just popped out on the northbound platform . |
| 7 | He would always teach trainees : " If a client asks you a question you do n't understand , say — " Hold on a minute sir , a call has just come through to me from the States " — put him on hold then , and ask me . |
| 8 | One British firm has just come back from France with almost £1m for its contribution towards landscaping . |
| 9 | ‘ I think everyone is probably making far too much fuss , and Angela has just taken off for a few days ' holiday . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ This report has just come in from the Environments Officer . |
| 11 | but er one of our major competitors has just gone out of business so we 'll get a spin off from that both in both in estates er and in the hotel scene so |