Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] he have just [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WITH the ice cracking and groaning underfoot and the wind etching their faces , Robert Swan stood at the North Pole and turned to the woman for whom he had just walked to the end of the earth . |
| 2 | Nothing would be quite the same after what he had just heard . |
| 3 | He nodded in the direction of the medieval arch through which he had just driven . |
| 4 | He felt tempted to continue through the village to visit the young Prince at Woodstock Palace but , considering what he had just learnt , thought he had better wait for a while . |
| 5 | His words rang in the clear air and she could feel her head swimming from the enormity of what he had just said . |
| 6 | Of course , the irony of what he had just said escaped him , but it caused Shiona to smile a bitter inner smile . |
| 7 | Got out paper and pencil to try and think through the implications of what he had just seen , then gave up and started off home . |
| 8 | When he took the ale into the warm farmhouse living room and saw everyone standing around the crackling log fire with food and drinks in their hands , he thought again of what he had just seen through the kitchen window . |
| 9 | ‘ Peter , ’ said Sarella when she 'd got over the shock of what he 'd just said , ‘ surely you do n't imagine we can go on with this charade any longer ? ’ |
| 10 | The shock of what he 'd just seen must have still been on his face because he just shrugged and ran . |
| 11 | Does the Minister understand that , despite what he has just said , there is still considerable apprehension that the Government will use the existence of the foundation as an excuse for not funding sport properly ? |
| 12 | In 1944 her son , Dr Istvan Csicsery-Rónay , prevailed on the Soviet commander to return the contents , with which he had just made off . |
| 13 | Seb should have been overjoyed at the news that Anna was not to marry the educated young gipsy , but he knew that unless Boz explained it to her — preferably in a more diplomatic way than the manner with which he had just broken the news to Seb — she would be devastated . |
| 14 | It deadened his days and brought him upright in the night , running with sweat and fear , his arms held out clutching the gun with which he had just shot his mother . |
| 15 | Dad was not prepared to stand any more and got out of the chair into which he had just flopped . |
| 16 | When I had a chat with him he had just celebrated Gala 's triumph at Heriot 's FP U21 sevens , in which his centre was older brother Craig . |
| 17 | I think that erm across the road from me he 's just mucked around . |
| 18 | Later , when they lay quiet and apart once more , Maria thought about his attitude , adding it to the oddly driven way in which he had just made love to her . |
| 19 | Reporting on Nov. 21 on the results of his week-long tour of Eastern Europe from which he had just returned , Botha noted the establishment of consular ties with Czechoslovakia and Romania . |
| 20 | And , while her heart raced that there was a hint in what he 'd just said that he might be prepared to sightsee with her that afternoon , ‘ You must be parched ! ’ she apologised . |
| 21 | The right hon. Gentleman sounds from what he has just said as though he is a separatist . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh , be quiet , do , you stupid dog ! ’ scolded the housekeeper , slapping the animal smartly on his nose so that he leapt back down off the bed on to which he had just jumped . |
| 23 | He jumps up from the day-bed on which he has just sat down . |
| 24 | Barney appeared to be mulling over what he had just learned ; several times he looked searchingly at Melissa across the table . |
| 25 | If the hon. Gentleman wants to know about claptrap , he should listen to what he has just said . |
| 26 | Will the Secretary of State confirm that check-off already requires the prior written consent of employees and that , contrary to what he has just said , an employee can withdraw his consent to that at any time ? |
| 27 | ‘ That probably sounds pompous , ’ adds Laing apologetically , reflecting on what he had just said . |
| 28 | Perhaps it is churlish of me , after the kind remarks of the Minister , to venture to comment on what he has just said , but at the risk of being tiresome , may I point out that what I said before was that it does not follow that a decision made by the Home Secretary corresponds with the advice that he receives from the chief inspector . |
| 29 | Was he right — about what he 'd just said ? |
| 30 | But something nagged at her about what he had just said . |