Example sentences of "have just [vb pp] [adv] of a " in BNC.
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1 | Occasionally flicking back a stray blonde hair , Mrs Bottomley comes to the despatch box as if she has just leapt out of a hair spray advert . |
2 | Charlie was dead keen on Lilian doing him credit and she always did , always looked as if she 'd just stepped out of a bandbox . |
3 | Singer 's face was flushed as if he 'd just got out of a hot bath . |
4 | It 's pretty hard to think about that when you 've just gone out of a Grand Slam event as early as that . |
5 | He looked as if he had just stepped out of a drawing room in the shires . |
6 | She looked as stunningly elegant , as poised and assured — because even her slight nervousness seemed professional — as if she had just stepped out of a cabine at Dior . |
7 | Of similar vintage I can recall Billy Lane turning up for an open match on the Swadlincote waters , looking as if he had just stepped out of a time warp . |
8 | We turned our ponies and galloped back to the Legation , where we learnt that news had just come in of a great victory for the Shoan army . |
9 | ‘ They had not been there very long and had just come out of a restaurant , ’ said Mr Robinson . |
10 | When Gilda heard what happened , she said , ‘ A man who 's just staggered out of a nasty relationship wants a bloody nursemaid at first , and then he wants to play the field for a bit . |