Example sentences of "[pers pn] have just [vb pp] [adv] 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 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | She 'd just walked in to the nearest doorway and spilled the whole thing to a complete stranger . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | A and did you say it in the voice you 've just used now to me ? |
| 11 | Imagine you have just moved in to a new flat . |
| 12 | stayed and Andy 's and we 'd just gone over to the shops and . |
| 13 | On 4 May 1987 a bank holiday Monday , we had just settled down to lunch before watching A Man for all Seasons . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Cursin " he was " cos he 'd just settled down to his kipper . |
| 17 | He was not available for comment , however , as he had just flown off to Australia . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | But it 's just gone up to two pound twenty . |
| 20 | Let's say you receive a call in your boss ' office , on your boss ' phone , it 's just come through to the wrong one . |