Example sentences of "[noun] have just [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Digital Equipment Corp has just named company veteran John O'Keefe , formerly vice-president , channels marketing , to the post of vice-president , Unix marketing , reporting to vice-president , Bill Demmer . |
| 2 | Stratus Computer Inc is moving its fault-tolerant Unix and VOS machines to the Hewlett-Packard Co Precision Architecture RISC from the Intel Corp 80860 , but IBM Corp has just renewed its OEM agreement with Stratus , which dates back to 1985 . |
| 3 | No-one would believe they had a recession on in Japan when they have time and resources to devote to dreaming up and creating things like this : Toshiba Corp has just launched a line of word processors with sound effects — ‘ to introduce an element of fun in the workplace ’ according to Reuter — they bark when you write ‘ dog ’ , moo when you write ‘ cow ’ and make the sound of pouring when you write ‘ beer ’ , and if you recall a text file word-by-word at reading speed , they repeat these and 26 other pre-programmed noises , from sleigh bells to sirens , as the words come up — and it no doubt laughs like a drain when your boss sends it an electronic message telling you you 're fired for being a disruptive influence . |
| 4 | The 35-year-old has just had minor surgery to remove a floating piece of bone from his elbow and he intends to fly out of the country to represent Zimbabwe in an African Nations Cup tie next weekend . |
| 5 | His creator James Driscoll has just returned to Britain after signing a £20 million deal to create the 40-acre fun park in Samara , 600 miles east of Moscow — where Digswell has been made a Freeman of the City . |
| 6 | NCR has just introduced a model that is about the size of an A4 pad making it possible to walk around and make notes as you go . |
| 7 | This mare has just given birth to a foal . |
| 8 | The second largest mare has just given birth to a foal . |
| 9 | A vicar 's wife who 's an expert on knickers has just completed an in depth investigation into bras . |
| 10 | Pete Harvey has just broken the European endurance record … a flight of 300 kilometres … |
| 11 | But the launch of Intel 's new 33MHz SX processor has just put another nail in the 386 coffin . |
| 12 | Erm , you know , for for instance , as Councillor speak Newton has just said , that there 's |
| 13 | This driver has just returned from France , after managing to get through the blockade . |
| 14 | The Fuel Contracts Department at Peel Park has just issued a comprehensive Departmental Procedures Manual , covering everything from the booking-in of mail to the department to the ordering of new AGR fuel for Hunterston and Torness . |
| 15 | Our Archbishop has just announced his retirement , and whoever is chosen to succeed him will lead us into the Decade of Evangelism . |
| 16 | ‘ I hope I 've misunderstood , but it seems to me that Ace 's romantic attachment has just lost us our last chance to prevent this , ’ she waved her arms in a circle , ‘ this monstrosity from wiping out an entire planetary system and its inhabitants . |
| 17 | BP Oil UK 's lubricants and special products division has just started to blend lubes to be sold in Britain under the Unipart label , and the first batch was supplied in May . |
| 18 | Hunza peaks has just defeated a Swedish team , who disliked the steep , ice-covered slabs , climbed with apparent ease by Jones and Fowler . |
| 19 | Zambia and Zimbabwe have a somewhat similar background of colonial rule , while Costa Rica has just celebrated 100 years as an independent state . |
| 20 | The Rovers return , it might justifiably be said for 28-year-old Mimms has just bought the pub next to the house where he was born . |
| 21 | That man with a beard has just had a breakdown in London 's Burning . |
| 22 | The scene is Haddington in East Lothian and INROADS has just overlaid part of the Main Street . |
| 23 | ICI has just developed a new composite widely touted to be a likely contender ; it is now undergoing clinical trials at Liverpool University . |
| 24 | ‘ Robert Newman has just left . |
| 25 | YOUR computer has just broken down . |
| 26 | Item fifteen , and Shereen has just arrived as well . |
| 27 | There seems to be some sort of implicit acknowledgement in there or even explicit acknowledgement that if we were able to justify the approach we could pursue it within a local plan and that does n't really square with what Mr Williamson has just said . |
| 28 | How do you do you agree with what Elizabeth Howell has just said ? |
| 29 | No Ian has just mentioned that . |
| 30 | Now presumably somebody in government or Whitehall has just taken a decision to , to go for it all in one year , I do n't know why , I , I do n't suppose we 're told why , but the , the consequence of the decision is actually going to be that people in Shropshire , our clients and social services are going to pay for that decision , either through paying charges for services that they now get for nothing , or by getting less services , er , and this does n't seem to be in line with the government 's stated aim of , of targeting money where it 's most needed . |