Example sentences of "he had just been [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , in the report of ‘ a sex beast nicknamed ‘ The Acne Kid ’ ’ ( Star ) , who boasted to the victim that he had just been freed from prison and said : ‘ I 've served time for rape before ’ , speculation about this possible link was scotched quickly . |
| 2 | Ukraine appointed Rear-Adml Boris Kozhin , previously commander of the Crimean naval base , as head of all naval forces in the republic , even though he had just been sacked by Adml Igor Kasatonov , the CIS 's Commander of the Black Sea Fleet , for ‘ inflaming national strife ’ . |
| 3 | Commentary : where an offender is dealt with for a breach of a community service order , he must be sentenced ( if the order is revoked ) in a manner in which he could have been sentenced by the court which made the order , if he is in breach of a probation order , the court may sentence the offender as if he had just been convicted of the offence concerned . |
| 4 | Like the three kings in the story , O went home another way , feeling that in some way he had just been warned about something . |
| 5 | Lips tight , fists clenched , eyes narrow , breath held , back straight , stomach in , chest out , shoulders back , Steven Grout stamped away from the depot he had just been fired from , away from their stupid job and those awful people . |
| 6 | A TEENAGER and three of his pals died when he crashed the car he had just been given as a present . |
| 7 | He had just been de-mobbed from the Army , intended to go up to Oxford to work for his Doctorate in the autumn , and was looking for a house for his mother who had recently been divorced . |