Example sentences of "[pron] have just [vb pp] [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd just turned on to York Way when I spotted the two city gents who 'd been drinking in the pub . |
| 2 | I 've been working abroad for the last twenty years , I 've just come back to the U K and my family 's all died , and I do n't know anybody , and I 'm going to start off working here . |
| 3 | No I 've just come back to it and I find my lunch box overflowing with crisp packets . |
| 4 | I 've only just started so he said er I 've just come down to you know . |
| 5 | you were n't in and I could n't , I could n't find telephone number to give him a ring , I 've just got , I 've just got through to Directory Enquiries , got the number , just gon na dial it and gran says Annette 's home . |
| 6 | I 've just got back to England . |
| 7 | Demand is so high that there is bound to be plenty of interest in two new properties in need of some tender loving care which have just come on to the market . |
| 8 | There are others who are n't even dancing : one who has just gone over to the veranda and plunged his hand into the vat of boiling oil so he could offer a hot puri to a child in tears : another who is standing in the midst of the dancers being continually buffeted as they come and go , and hungrily eating a plateful of raw rice grains . |
| 9 | Using the hypothetical examples above , for instance , this is how it might work out : skilled employment ( 4 ) the top possible score : employment duration — she has just gone back to work ( 1 ) ; housing — she has had to move to a smaller flat(l) so has n't been there long ( 0 ) ; she does have a bank account ( 4 ) ; but is separated ( 0 ) ; and quite young ( 2 ) . |
| 10 | She 'd just walked in to the nearest doorway and spilled the whole thing to a complete stranger . |
| 11 | The man who 'd just strolled on to the terrace was tall , very lean , very dark . |
| 12 | That baggage you 've just taken on to help in the bedroom wears one like that and ties her apron right up under her breasts till they nearly pop out , beggin' your pardon , Mr Timothy . |
| 13 | Brown Owl called out anxiously to Mr. Gordon , who had just come down to the gate leading into the Brownies ' meadow . |
| 14 | Imagine you have just moved in to a new flat . |
| 15 | stayed and Andy 's and we 'd just gone over to the shops and . |
| 16 | On 4 May 1987 a bank holiday Monday , we had just settled down to lunch before watching A Man for all Seasons . |
| 17 | They had been on stand-by since 10.00 a.m. and it was now after one o'clock , but they were as crisp and well-tailored as if they 'd just stepped on to the plane . |
| 18 | And so , after they 'd just slipped off to the local registery office in the city , they had left for a brief honeymoon in Paris . |
| 19 | Cursin " he was " cos he 'd just settled down to his kipper . |
| 20 | He was not available for comment , however , as he had just flown off to Australia . |
| 21 | She did not remember anyone inviting Tim , he had just tagged on to them , but she felt it was safer to take him than leave him near Durance in case he made any further blackmail attempts . |
| 22 | But it 's just gone up to two pound twenty . |
| 23 | Let's say you receive a call in your boss ' office , on your boss ' phone , it 's just come through to the wrong one . |