Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] just [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I 'd just seen a colleague come and go in less than three months … |
| 2 | I 'd just approached a woman ( who , it emerged , could speak only Mandarin ) , to ask her about the joys of cycling . |
| 3 | " It 's as if I 'd just taken a photograph . " |
| 4 | I had just received a telephone call from the barracks which informed me that officials from Horseferry Road magistrates court had phoned demanding to see me about nonpayment of fines . |
| 5 | Although surgery was a mutilation , and I had just lost a kidney , that seemed nothing compared with the loss of a beautiful head of hair . |
| 6 | But I wish I had just stayed a worker , |
| 7 | Very fortunately , for goldfinches and linnets , I soon discovered , happened to be two of the reserve 's commonest species and it would have been akin to rushing out to tell my neighbours back home that I had just seen a sparrow in the yard . |
| 8 | Ben and I had just given a recital in Vienna . |
| 9 | ( I must tell here the story of a charming American lady who approached me when I had just given a talk on regression therapy . |
| 10 | Feeling as if I had just won a gold medal , I ran home , carefully examined my treasure to find that the ‘ bone ’ handle was only painted tin . |
| 11 | He looked down at me as if he were a giant and I had just climbed a beanstalk . |
| 12 | He looked as if someone had just hung a mop on his nose . |
| 13 | And someone had just stubbed a cigarette out in Niki 's cake . |
| 14 | The hearth had been very badly damaged in Georgian times and somebody had just dug a pit straight through the middle of it , perhaps for drainage . |
| 15 | He had a small touring company which had just suffered a couple of deaths in a carriage accident , and he was looking for two versatile and experienced ( yes ! ) players . |
| 16 | ‘ Anyone would think you 'd just received a death sentence . |
| 17 | if you 'd actually made a minus there , ignoring capital allowances , you 'd just made a loss of four hundred pounds , then that loss would be for a year of assessment , and in that year of assessment , it could be set against your salary or pensions for that year a as if it was a personal allowance . |
| 18 | And you 'd just had a plastic cold just the favourite because for our Martine and pull her along in it . |
| 19 | Ronni stood and watched the empty doorway for a moment , feeling a little as though she 'd just encountered a whirlwind . |
| 20 | She 'd just got a job at Simon Peter 's , a twenty-four-hour supermarket chain that catered for all funeral needs . |
| 21 | Finally , Mrs M. R. Ault of Gravesend , Kent , wrote to say she 'd just bought a ribber and how could she knit a V-neck band using the ribber . |
| 22 | She had a seriously ill patient to contend with and she 'd just had a telephone message to say that Brückner 's wife wanted to come up and visit him . |
| 23 | Marc made her feel as if she 'd just had a battle with a steamroller — but she was mildly pleased with herself . |
| 24 | Initially she 'd just had a bit of a fever and a very dry throat . |
| 25 | Which one was the real Luke Calder : the hard , tough businessman who would stop at nothing and spare no one to get what he wanted , or that tender stranger she 'd just had a glimpse of ? |
| 26 | Trading standards officers were first alerted to the danger by someone who 'd just bought a mixer . |
| 27 | But this did n't deter fans who flocked just to catch a glimpse . |
| 28 | For a moment he thought she was going to hit him , and then her face turned crimson , her mouth started to bang to and fro like a door in a gale force wind and a sound came down her nose that suggested she had just swallowed a quart of White ’ s Cream Soda . |
| 29 | She had just done a course in assertiveness and when she was unkind ( which she was often ) she would say , ‘ Oh , I 'm sorry ’ , and then ‘ No , actually I 'm not sorry ! ’ |
| 30 | Tina looked guilty , as if she had just betrayed a secret . |