Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] he have just [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought her pain was physical , of course , and his voice was only rendered husky by the sexual experience he had just had . |
| 2 | But he was sickened by Ayrton Senna 's attack on Alain Prost , the French driver he has just signed to drive for him next season . |
| 3 | The Prophet sprinted from the alley exit scant seconds before the first of the police cars roared out of the fog and screeched to a halt at the dark gap he had just left . |
| 4 | But he did not seem to notice that in the previous paragraph he had just used the same method for boosting the production of Johannes Raven . |
| 5 | Last month he reversed the economic reforms he had just introduced and condemned the IMF as ‘ dictatorial ’ , its policies ‘ suicidal ’ . |
| 6 | He swung into the hospital driveway , and Belinda could n't find a comforting utterance in response to the deep fears he had just tried to voice . |
| 7 | As Sheila watched him go , she knew that in spite of the hurtful words he had just spoken she would always have a soft spot for the man . |
| 8 | For he is suddenly , miraculously , aware that he has got a wonderful — no ! — a perfect alibi ; an alibi which has been given to him by the very person he has just killed . |
| 9 | In a mild voice he had just asked the porter to come up , with some story about a tap dripping in the kitchen . |
| 10 | Watching him stride away , hurt and humiliated by the shocking scene he had just witnessed , she wondered whether she should tell him her secret . |
| 11 | Centre : Brutus holds a red colobus he has just caught with the help of several other members of the group . |
| 12 | Jean-Baptiste Tribout , one of the keenest competitors on the indoor climbing circuit , is overawed by the new route he has just climbed . |
| 13 | Fanshawe clearly thought that Quigley was the product of the chemical reaction he had just engendered . |
| 14 | But the face of the new usherette he had just engaged to replace her rapped his conscience like a dentist 's probe on a decayed tooth . |
| 15 | The most striking example of an ( unsuccessful ) attempt at bribery was described by an officer who was offered a free choice of goods from a manufacturer 's showroom if he would pour away a formal sample he had just taken ( see s. iii , ch. 6 ) . |