Example sentences of "[indef pn] [pron] have just " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trading standards officers were first alerted to the danger by someone who 'd just bought a mixer . |
| 2 | To be near someone who had just killed was painful , agonising if the killer had enjoyed the killing . |
| 3 | The kid gets on his bicycle ; for a few moments he wears the expression of someone who had just been made aware of his own mortality . |
| 4 | We could n't talk because I believe he badly wanted to telephone someone who had just returned from China , so it was just a handshake really . |
| 5 | With such thoughts bringing peace to my troubled , weary being I sank gently into sleep , to dream of the happiness to be found among the galaxy 's wonders by someone who had just become immeasurably rich … |
| 6 | That was quite enough for someone who had just admitted to disliking exchanges of confidence except to his intimates . |
| 7 | She asked for explanations which she received without comment , as if listening to someone who had just incriminated herself . |
| 8 | Not bad for someone who had just barn-stormed around after leaving college . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You look pretty sober for someone who 's just started on whisky , ’ said Sarah as they walked towards the bus stop . |
| 10 | It — it hurts , being around someone who 's just killed someone … or hurt them . |
| 11 | Trying to dissuade a father from sending his gay teenager to a psychiatrist ; calming someone who 's just been beaten up in a police cell ; sharing someone 's joy at discovering that there 's another lesbian in the next village , all serve to remove some of the complacency which can so easily set in . |
| 12 | ‘ The biggest mistake you can make is to go to someone who 's just separated and say , ‘ I 'm glad you left him or her . |
| 13 | ‘ That 'd be a clever trick for someone who 's just been blown up . ’ |
| 14 | Show me a frowning British woman on a beach , and I 'll show someone who 's just spotted a mid-thigh clump the wax did n't reach . |
| 15 | As a thousand fists beat as one , Flav , the rap equivalent of The Sugarcubes ' Einar , breaks into his regular spoilt kid routine , jumping up and down like someone who 's just had his pocket money stopped , while the ‘ menacing ’ S1Ws , clad in slick white sailor suits , make an appearance as evacuees from a Person advert . |
| 16 | ‘ For someone who 's just attempted something incredibly stupid , you 've got nerve , I will say that , ’ he observed , his gaze flickering to the comb in her white-knuckled fingers . |
| 17 | As a thousand fists beat as one , Flav , the rap equivalent of The Sugarcubes ' Einar , breaks into his regular spoilt kid routine , jumping up and down like someone who 's just had his pocket money stopped , while the ‘ menacing ’ S1Ws , clad in slick white sailor suits , make an appearance as evacuees from a Person advert . |
| 18 | Neither Mr Bush nor James Baker , his secretary of state ( who talks about Lithuania and Latvia with the visible enthusiasm of someone who has just sucked a lemon ) , can yet bring himself to think anything but the best of Mr Gorbachev , so helpful last year in Europe , so kind this year in the Gulf . |
| 19 | The Homicide Act requires evidence that D was provoked to lose self-control : this is wide enough to include things said or done by persons other than the deceased , and acts done against persons other than D ( e.g. where D is provoked to kill someone who has just committed a sexual offence upon D 's son , daughter , wife , etc . ) . |
| 20 | I frowned like someone who has just been put on the spot and is afraid of making a fool of himself . |
| 21 | Margaret closed the briefcase with a click , like someone who has just completed a sale . |
| 22 | This is no time to hesitate , though , for however dazed , withdrawn , emotional , restless , irritable or distant she may seem , she is as urgently in need of help as someone who has just been badly injured in a road accident . |
| 23 | And Newton himself exudes the confidence of someone who has just had a shave and put on a fresh shirt . |
| 24 | If you know someone who has just passed a very difficult music exam , for instance , you could celebrate their victory by decorating some of their exam piece with a few pressed flowers before framing it and giving it . |
| 25 | ‘ The change in joint laxity during pregnancy is analogous to that in someone who has just had surgery on the joints and ligaments : you would n't start that person lifting heavy weights ; you would start with low intensity rehabilitative exercise ’ . |
| 26 | Luke 's wedding ring was on the table , close to her hand , and her eyes were wide open , like the eyes of someone who has just woken up . |
| 27 | I do not normally give way to someone who has just ambled into the Chamber , but I shall make an exception on this occasion , because I rather like the hon. Gentleman 's florid looks . |
| 28 | For example , someone who has just completed a questionnaire ( at T 1 ) on nutrition may have a response to a film on food additives different from that which they would have had in the absence of the questionnaire . |
| 29 | Never accept a lift from someone you 've just met ! |
| 30 | It was like telling someone they had just lost at Russian roulette . |