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

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1 She said she could n't stay , that she had just dropped in for a minute .
2 It was quite soon after the terrible motor accident that had crippled him for life , and she had just come in from the garden with a bunch of flowers for him .
3 and she 's just turned over eighty odd
4 And she 's just found out that he
5 She promised to find out , and she 's just come back with the results .
6 They 'll probably be in all night and she 's just walked up from the bingo and toddle in there .
7 Charlie was dead keen on Lilian doing him credit and she always did , always looked as if she 'd just stepped out of a bandbox .
8 She looked as stunningly elegant , as poised and assured — because even her slight nervousness seemed professional — as if she had just stepped out of a cabine at Dior .
9 She opened the door before Massingham had time to ring , her handsome shield-shaped face composed under the light brown fringe , and looking in her shirt , slacks and leather jerkin as elegantly informal as if she had just come in from a country walk .
10 She looked as if she had just got out of bed , and McLeish had a sudden vision of a dark basement flat with greasy mugs on every surface .
11 Belushi exudes all the erotic charisma of a frozen carp , Bracco looks and acts as if she 's just signed up with a Dial a Dime Hostess service and there are various large signposts pointing firmly at The Murderer .
12 Occasionally flicking back a stray blonde hair , Mrs Bottomley comes to the despatch box as if she has just leapt out of a hair spray advert .
13 But she had just settled down , flicking the control through a dozen or so channels until she found the one she wanted , when the door opened and Marc himself came in .
14 And if Jane could babysit because her mum ca n't because she 's just come out of hospital .
15 Lucy Lane arrived : in a green frock figured in black , dark hair expertly set , a shoulder bag matching her frock ; she looked as though she had just stepped out of her BMW runabout for a spot of window shopping .
16 Her hair was black and thick and looked tangled , as though she had just got out of bed and not brushed it .
17 She corrected this idea by always wearing a hat , as though she had just looked in on her way to the garden .
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