Example sentences of "they have just [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And another of them has just come out after doing time for burglary . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But I think they 'd just gone back for the money creed and once you get that well erm they do n't realize that they could be falling into the trap unless we blokes stand firm now to maintain this standard of living . |
| 4 | Well a a a at the time , they 'd just changed over from the erm Tenants ' Development Association , to the Tenants ' Action Group , so it was a bit disorganized to begin with , cos we were still sorting out the , everything from what they 'd left over and things , so , but once we 'd got that all so once they 'd got that all sorted out , yeah , it was . |
| 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 | At last , a jazz influenced band who do n't try to look as if they 've just stepped out of the pages of Kerouac . |
| 7 | you know , sometimes people , sort of , look as if they 've just got out of bed ! |
| 8 | They 're always looking forward to going places they 've just come back from , or regretting doing things they have n't yet done . |
| 9 | They 've just come in for ninety three . |
| 10 | A game of tag ( see below ) may well be just the thing ; but if they 've just come in from the playground and that 's what they 've been doing for the last fifteen minutes , it would be a bit of a waste of time . |
| 11 | Well they 've just come out of the chip pan |
| 12 | He kept forgetting they would write it down : he seems to have thought — most of the time — that they had just turned up for a friendly drink . |
| 13 | The bearer turned left along a line of houses they had just come out of . |
| 14 | They had just set out on holiday in their Mazda car . |