Example sentences of "have just [vb pp] [adv] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On top of all that Prince Charles , heir to the throne and the man destined to become the Church 's supreme governor , has just split up with his wife and divorce looks likely . |
| 2 | He wrote : ‘ If someone has just stepped out of your life you 'll be better reaching for this single than a bottle , razor blade or handkerchief . ’ |
| 3 | He would always teach trainees : " If a client asks you a question you do n't understand , say — " Hold on a minute sir , a call has just come through to me from the States " — put him on hold then , and ask me . |
| 4 | Your client Paul Pry has just set up in his own business selling computers , and hopes to employ several people . |
| 5 | I thought she 'd just popped out of her house like to have her hair done . |
| 6 | A high powered Sierra was careering down a steep hill in Wotton under Edge.When the driver reached the bottom he lost control and ploughed into the women who 'd just got out of their parked cars . |
| 7 | Perhaps he 'd just slipped out of her , and located her anus by mistake . |
| 8 | Cursin " he was " cos he 'd just settled down to his kipper . |
| 9 | Decisions decisions decisions — I 've never made any decisions on my own before , I 've just gone along with what everyone said . |
| 10 | Wow , he plays drums — multi-talented ! ’ and you 've just grown up with it and it 's no big deal . |
| 11 | You must think I 've just crawled out of my crib ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You 've just come out on my side of the argument . |
| 13 | I 've only just started so he said er I 've just come down to you know . |
| 14 | No I 've just come back to it and I find my lunch box overflowing with crisp packets . |
| 15 | A and did you say it in the voice you 've just used now to me ? |
| 16 | Then Angel vaulted back on to his pony , which had just tottered groggily to its feet , and galloped back to the stables . |
| 17 | Tamar had just gone upstairs for her needlework when Jim Fairly , the tenant of Paradise Farm , drove down the village with the body under a blanket on a flat cart . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Joseph had just stepped out of his room and was pulling the door closed when Patrick came panting up the stairs . |
| 20 | Charles wondered what new disaster had hit the production , or which of the producer 's dubious deals had just blown up in his face . |
| 21 | I hoped it was just a passing phase , sparked off by her catching me fooling around in the Plaster Room , and thanked my guardian angel for the way Old Red had just covered up for me . |
| 22 | Quickly she read the article , then handed the paper to Fred , wondering why she felt as though the bottom had just fallen out of her world . |
| 23 | He looked at Ronni as though she were a particularly disappointing novelty that had just fallen out of his Christmas cracker . |
| 24 | He had just turned away from us and read a book . |
| 25 | I was unable to pay more than the $100,000 I had just forked out for his British rights , so he sold Leslie Waddington a batch too . |
| 26 | She corrected this idea by always wearing a hat , as though she had just looked in on her way to the garden . |
| 27 | She had just started out on her career as a free-lance photographer , with nothing but a little talent , a lot of determination and the best camera money could buy to help her make it . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Pascoe felt a little rush of lust , as if her appetite had just caught up with him . |
| 30 | James Dean had just arrived there for his first major role , having been brought from New York by the famed director Elia Kazan to star in East of Eden . |