Example sentences of "have just [vb pp] [adv] [prep] [pos pn] " 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 | Your client Paul Pry has just set up in his own business selling computers , and hopes to employ several people . |
| 4 | I thought she 'd just popped out of her house like to have her hair done . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Cursin " he was " cos he 'd just settled down to his kipper . |
| 7 | You must think I 've just crawled out of my crib ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You 've just come out on my side of the argument . |
| 9 | Then Angel vaulted back on to his pony , which had just tottered groggily to its feet , and galloped back to the stables . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Joseph had just stepped out of his room and was pulling the door closed when Patrick came panting up the stairs . |
| 13 | Charles wondered what new disaster had hit the production , or which of the producer 's dubious deals had just blown up in his face . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He looked at Ronni as though she were a particularly disappointing novelty that had just fallen out of his Christmas cracker . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | She corrected this idea by always wearing a hat , as though she had just looked in on her way to the garden . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I had just got up from my chair when the crash happened . |
| 21 | Agnes had taken a smaller one ; she had just got back from her service 's registry . |
| 22 | Imagine that you have just come home from your hard day being an Environmental Health Officer , and your neighbour , who happens to be a builder or bookmaker or something , invites you down to the pub , and over a pint he says , ‘ I heard something on the radio about some story . |
| 23 | HAPPY campers Ron and Olive Saunders have just returned home from their 166th holiday at Butlins . |
| 24 | I HAVE just returned home after my first visit to Glasgow . |
| 25 | ‘ Peter 's just split up with his partner . |
| 26 | You see I I think er er probably one of the best erm Ministers of er of er Education that er has been for quite some considerable time and I bet you throw your hands up in horror when I say this you will totally disagree and I 'm talking here cos his name 's just slipped out of my mind . |
| 27 | The tale of L'Esquiriel goes on to tell of how the girl is approached by a young man playing with his erect penis ; she asks him what he has there — a squirrel , is the answer ; does she want it ? — yes please , let me hold it ; not yet , put your hand on it carefully ; it 's hot ! — ah , it 's just got out of its nest — and so on , until , after further euphemisms and foreplay , we return to the blunt world of crude speech as the squirrel enters the girl 's con to seek from her stomach the nuts she ate the day before . |
| 28 | Yeah oh I think he 's just peed off with his father . |
| 29 | " He 's just peed all over my review copy of that book on Fanny Burney . |
| 30 | Well it 's just come up on my screen it says , He 's in the roller . |