Example sentences of "[vb past] just [vb pp] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , while her heart raced that there was a hint in what he 'd just said that he might be prepared to sightsee with her that afternoon , ‘ You must be parched ! ’ she apologised . |
| 2 | In the end I went to the police and found that she 'd just reported that he was missing . ’ |
| 3 | When my sergeant came in to see me — when you yourself heard him — he 'd just learned that on my instructions the locker had been opened in London . |
| 4 | But Ven , who must be feeling drained from his labours , had just stated that he would be ready to discuss the interview soon — she somehow knew then that she was not going to get a better offer from him than that . |
| 5 | No , no , not , not sort of getting at , anyway I had just said that to father you see |
| 6 | Face had just realized that Sir Epicure Manhom has erm seen Doll , which he should n't have done , and Manhom calls Face out and says stay Lungs . |
| 7 | I strained to hear , and had just decided that it would be difficult to hear an idling motor over the lap and rush of the sea in the channel , when I saw the light . |
| 8 | ‘ And it 's not a fit place for a young girl to have a baby , ’ snapped McAllister , who had just seen that his patient was little more than a child , ‘ but she 's having one , all the same . |
| 9 | I had just assumed that the only possible commentary game was West Ham vs Us. 8thvs9th or 2ndvs10 ? ? |
| 10 | Boldwood was standing near the fire , and he had just noticed that a group of villagers were whispering among themselves . |
| 11 | She recalled the newcomer who had just declared that she hated hot showers . |
| 12 | Another pressing reason for leaving was that Jeanne Hébuterne had just discovered that she was pregnant and she had confessed as much to her mother . |
| 13 | ‘ No , ’ she denied numbly , a hectic flush along her cheekbones , because she had just discovered that she also needed a man she could fight with , cross swords with . |
| 14 | One wartime May queen had just heard that her brother had been taken a prisoner-of-war , but insisted on going ahead with her duties . |
| 15 | The Jet Provost T.5 in question had just heard that it was to be shortly replaced by the Shorts Tucano and immediately took out its angst on a passing erk . |
| 16 | It turned out to be Terry Wade who had just heard that Trev Proby had been arrested on a number of theft and extortion charges , and had been refused bail . |
| 17 | Liz had just announced that this conversation had convinced her , and she was going to get a hospital job of some sort , when Juliet suddenly remembered Nigel . |
| 18 | He looked like a man who had just found that his tax returns had been filled in by Ken Dodd 's accountant , or that Kitty Kelley was going to write his biography . |
| 19 | Angelica had just mentioned that Steve was mixed up in an insurance swindle , and she was afraid that was why he had missed the train . |
| 20 | When jury selection commenced on Sept. 5 , the defence vainly made a last-minute effort to get the trial dismissed , alleging government breach of ethics because it had just learned that Noriega 's former lawyer , Raymond Takiff , who had advised him to surrender to US authorities in January 1990 , was at the time working secretly for federal authorities . |
| 21 | He had just suggested that his closest colleague might be , in this at least , a traitor . |
| 22 | He had just used that aggressively male body of his to make a point and — to her shame — he had succeeded only too well . |