Example sentences of "have just [vb pp] [adv] to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 ) .
2 I 'd just turned on to York Way when I spotted the two city gents who 'd been drinking in the pub .
3 Having just lost out to Alan Alda in 1966 for the forthcoming Broadway comedy The Apple Tree , directed by Mike Nichols , but nonetheless now confirmed as a top off-Broadway character actor , Dustin landed the lead in Livings ' Eh ? , which had had a great success at the Aldwych Theatre , London , in Peter Hall 's Royal Shakespeare Company production exactly two years previously .
4 I remember the sinking feeling still : 1964 , having just moved up to Leeds and my first day at Almscliff — then , and probably still , the best swather of tall poppies in the land .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 I 've just got back to England .
8 He was not available for comment , however , as he had just flown off to Australia .
9 On 4 May 1987 a bank holiday Monday , we had just settled down to lunch before watching A Man for all Seasons .
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