Example sentences of "'ve just [vb pp] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , consider the following exchange : A ( to passer by ) : I 've just run out of petrol B : Oh ; there 's a garage just around the corner Here B 's utterance may be taken to implicate that A may obtain petrol there , and he would certainly be being less than fully cooperative if he knew the garage was closed or was sold out of petrol ( hence the inference ) . |
| 2 | ‘ You look ravishing — as if you 've just stepped out of Botticelli 's painting , Primavera , ’ he murmured . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I 've just driven down from Manchester and I 'm slightly knackered . |
| 5 | I 've just come out of hospital . |
| 6 | I said , ‘ Look , you know I 've just come out of Holloway after being on remand . ’ |
| 7 | No he 'd love that though cos he could come round and go shit I 've just come out of rehab and everyone would go oh wow man you must be really drugged out . |
| 8 | We 've just come back from Chile , where chemical pollution , factory fishing , and poverty are the everyday reality facing fishermen , slowly destroying their ability to make a living and support their families . |
| 9 | I 've just come back from France . |
| 10 | Oh Well we 've just come back from America we 've been in America for three years . |
| 11 | And camping We 've just come back from Cornwall and it was very wet . |
| 12 | Sometimes , you 've just come home from work and your feet are sore and your head aches , but then the music starts playing and away you go . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | you know , sometimes people , sort of , look as if they 've just got out of bed ! |
| 15 | I 've just got back to England . |
| 16 | ‘ You 've just got back from Rhodes , we hear . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ We 've just got back from Southampton , ’ said my mother , as though this circumstance presented a total barrier to further movement . |
| 18 | Well it , it 's been stupid this laid on this settee falling down back , it 's blinking ridiculous , yeah , we 've just got back from hospital and they 'll send her a letter for er , to make an appointment for her to go back , to see what the treatment they 're gon na give her , so , will it go in Pete 's car ? |