Example sentences of "have just [vb pp] [adv] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are others who are n't even dancing : one who has just gone over to the veranda and plunged his hand into the vat of boiling oil so he could offer a hot puri to a child in tears : another who is standing in the midst of the dancers being continually buffeted as they come and go , and hungrily eating a plateful of raw rice grains . |
| 2 | There we have in one of its aspects the likeness of the old country society that has just passed away to the society described by Chaucer : a cool , matter-of-fact treatment of a subject that could have so many overtones . |
| 3 | stayed and Andy 's and we 'd just gone over to the shops and . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She 'd just walked in to the nearest doorway and spilled the whole thing to a complete stranger . |
| 7 | The man who 'd just strolled on to the terrace was tall , very lean , very dark . |
| 8 | The peasants , having just come out to the fields , turn back , uttering loud cries . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Bonard had just emerged on to the terrace . |
| 11 | The three other members of the crew had just come back to the pump — we were doing " series pumping " — they had brought me a bottle of beer and I was taking a swig . |
| 12 | Brown Owl called out anxiously to Mr. Gordon , who had just come down to the gate leading into the Brownies ' meadow . |
| 13 | Imagine you have just moved in to a new flat . |
| 14 | Demand is so high that there is bound to be plenty of interest in two new properties in need of some tender loving care which have just come on to the market . |
| 15 | Let's say you receive a call in your boss ' office , on your boss ' phone , it 's just come through to the wrong one . |