Example sentences of "[noun pl] [Wh pn] have just " in BNC.
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| 1 | True , the Armenians of Beirut have collected some macabre , terrible old photographs that might — had they been studied with more care by the shell-shocked peoples who had just emerged from the First World War — have served as a warning , the shape of things to come . |
| 2 | Inside are five potential recruits who have just spent twenty-four hours being briefed , tested , interviewed and assessed . |
| 3 | The ballroom had been thrown wide to accommodate the funeral guests , and Mrs Diggory was busy serving refreshments to the gentlemen who had just a short time since returned from the graveside of the deceased Lady Merchiston . |
| 4 | One of the , the tasks I have to do in May each year , is I write to the candidates who 've just taken a year off , who 've been away for the last two-thirds of a year , and I write to them and say , ‘ You 've been away for two-thirds of a year . |
| 5 | In the Groeger and Chapman study the films were each viewed by 48 subjects who had just completed a drive around Cambridge with a local driving instructor . |
| 6 | The whole pretence about his future plans does not belong to relations between brothers , especially brothers who have just wept on each other 's shoulders , and who have shown each other such surprising willingness for reunion . |
| 7 | Simon Vinkenoog , the founder of Sigma Nederland provided a piece from Amsterdam for the first issue on the then prominent Provos , the proto-Green anarchists who had just won seats on that city 's council . |
| 8 | But for the is landers who have just celebrated Transfer Day , the 72nd anniversary of America 's purchase of the islands from Denmark , it is unusual . |
| 9 | Whichever way his tastes lie , and whatever the capacity of his purse and his bookshelves , it is certain that no other single work offers to the collector such variety of choice , experience and discovery as four and a half centuries of the book of which Lord Chief Justice Sir Matthew Hale ( 1609–76 ) wrote to one of his sons who had just recovered from smallpox : |
| 10 | And in a fortnight or three weeks time they too would be found with the inquisitive crowd on the inside of the gate staring at the prisoners who had just arrived . |
| 11 | The occasion was a joint one , the presentation of ‘ wings ’ to 12 flyers who have just qualified , in the presence of five surviving Second World War pilots . |
| 12 | He turned to John Scales who had just come in . |
| 13 | For the tourney I returned to the serving table to serve the knights who had just fought with a drink , and serve the ladies with bread , cheese and fruit . |
| 14 | Sergeants Frantz ( Dylan McDermott ) and Worcester ( Steven Webber ) supervise the introduction of replacements who have just arrived ‘ in country ’ . |
| 15 | A relief worker from one of the region 's charities who has just returned from Somalia says the appalling suffering of women and children will remain etched on his mind for ever . |
| 16 | I never came across an instance of this , though I encountered a number of individuals who had just killed someone , including a complacent fourteen-year-old near Bilen . |
| 17 | The coroner suddenly reined in his horse , staring back at a group of dark figures who had just slipped by . |
| 18 | In a separate incident on Sunday night , a policewoman escaped injury when she stumbled upon three burglars who had just raided Brooks the jewellers in Eastgate Rows , Chester . |
| 19 | Elizabeth Woodville turned round , her attention diverted towards servants who had just entered the hall with some more of her possessions . |
| 20 | Most faces have turned to watch the ā gri who 's just come out of the shrine and is standing in the doorway . |
| 21 | It is typical of British tennis that Annabel Croft , who had not played a serious match for five years , should celebrate a light-hearted comeback by beating one of our brightest prospects who has just taken up the game professionally . |
| 22 | Early pupils were mainly youths who had just completed general schooling , and medical students , who may have served some years of apprenticeship to a surgeon , and to whom the contrast between an overcrowded surgical profession , and the developing veterinary profession , favoured the latter . |
| 23 | The new teachers who have just qualified will not be asked to pay fees until January 1981 . |
| 24 | Her major problem is to do with two new girls who have just joined as WP operators . |
| 25 | During the intervening seven years , he has become replacement therapy for little girls who have just donated their dolls to Oxfam . |
| 26 | We also run a summer school called Women into Physics , which is a rather strange title , but the idea basically is to persuade , if not encourage , young girls who have just taken their O levels that physics is a subject which could be for them — it 's not unladylike about being a scientist and , in particular , being a physicist . |
| 27 | I know some regions send messages out to their members who 've just lost their jobs , expressing hope that they desire please stay with us , we can help ya . |
| 28 | We think it 's the Americans who 've just arrived . |
| 29 | We think it 's the Americans who 've just arrived . |
| 30 | I pushed by a couple of drunks who had just appeared bearing the same bottle of Hirondelle they 'd been using to get into parties all year and made my way upstairs . |