Example sentences of "[conj] he have [adv] just [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 He held an untidy bundle of towel and swimming trunks in his hand and a tennis racket lay on the back seat where he had obviously just flung it .
2 There was a momentary hesitation before he explained that he 'd only just got to the room , he 'd felt too disturbed by the shamanistic experience to sleep and had sat in the hospitality suite reading .
3 MR MAJOR said last night that he had only just begun the tasks he had set himself .
4 But even as he at last turned and , more like a conjurer than ever , whipped the cloth from the object on the table , which turned out to be a saucepan containing water scooped from the shattered font , the first heavy drops began to drum on the altar table ; and while the Padre was saying : " Hope Mary Ellen , I baptize thee In the name of the Father and of the Son , and of the Holy Ghost , Amen , " the Collector , forgetting that he had only just renounced an interest in the vain pomp and glory of the world , thought crossly : " That wo n't do the Louis XVI table any good at all . "
5 He felt as if he had only just remembered , after a long time , why he valued her .
6 Lucenzo looked up as if he 'd only just realised she 'd slipped away , and seemed taken aback when he saw her .
7 Cos he 's obviously just got a three .
8 Ee ee he should n't be able to buy them cos he 's only just gone down !
9 He left Grace and Peggy behind with the intention of travelling for a while in Europe , but he had only just landed in South Africa when Grace realized that she was going to have another child .
10 ( Actually , it was a triple because he had also just won the Canadian Open a few days before . )
11 But he admitted : ‘ It is a crashing diappointment for Rob because he had only just come back into the side — and his return coincided with two successive clean sheets . ’
12 So my father did n't know what to do , because he 'd only just started on his own , so he was tight for money as well was n't he .
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