Example sentences of "[noun] have just come [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By " special constructions " we mean in particular cumulative lists of adjectives as in ( 12 ) , where , however , the order may be explained by the quite general if ill-defined tendency to leave " heavy " constituents to the latest possible point , as in ( 13 ) : ( 12 ) policies foreign , social and educational ( 13 ) that salesman has just come back who kept getting in the way when you were trying to vaccinate the ewes last week Postnominal associatives may also just possibly be admitted in constructions expressing sharp opposition : ( 14 ) scientists nuclear but not biological The latter type , however , is at best questionable ; and , as a good general rule , we may say that associative adjectives do not normally occur in postnominal position . |
| 2 | ‘ Come and look at the fireplaces , ’ said William , and they filed dutifully into the room Tess had just come out of . |
| 3 | The successful receptionist models could be used to devise special training to enable CAB receptionists to ascertain the depth of a problem ; they could serve the dual function of assessing which clients have just come in for a form or a local address and they could make appointments for others in person or by telephone and smooth the queue . |
| 4 | Jeff 's just come in . |
| 5 | We catch up with Sue , a 52-year-old mother of four — wearing pigtails and painted-on freckles — whose divorce has just come through . |
| 6 | There 's a very interesting issue has just come up actually 'cause we 're having this fashion show . |
| 7 | I 've just chap , one of my chaps has just come back off a three days , confined spaces , responsible person course . |
| 8 | There is draft er , legislation , a draft circular has just come out , which makes quite clear beyond any doubt that we are required to treat the inspection of our facilities exactly the same way as the independent sector . |
| 9 | I remember , it was when flared trousers had just come in — remember when you had straight trousers and you wanted to make them into flares you sewed in a triangle of material ? |
| 10 | Well the new edition 's just come out and it 's in the shops shortly , it 's priced sixty five pounds , and as usual they 've let Radio Oxford have a copy to give away as a prize . |
| 11 | A film editor friend has just come back from a couple of weeks of yoga , a music producer I know goes to St James , Piccadilly , where they have spiritual talks on a Monday evening , while a designer friend does Chi-Kung , a Chinese movement like Tai-Chi , where you have to ‘ stand like a tree ’ . |
| 12 | WHAT promises to be a good video has just come out — but do n't go to your local hire shop for a copy as it 's a BNFL production . |
| 13 | The street lights had just come on , a little premature , and where they stood close to any of the orphan-like trees their electric brightness was captured in the mesh of dusty leaves , giving the street an elegance it had otherwise long since lost . |
| 14 | This was odd , since the BBC had just come up with the figures of 301 for the Tories and 298 for Labour . |
| 15 | and , anyway she was poorly for days and this Rita had just come on , poorly for days |
| 16 | Lee had just come back from shopping . |
| 17 | The request had just come in . |
| 18 | The three other members of the crew had just come back to the pump — we were doing " series pumping " — they had brought me a bottle of beer and I was taking a swig . |
| 19 | A sentence such as John and his friend have just come back from New York can be used to illustrate an insertion task . |
| 20 | John and his friend have just come back from New York , you know . |
| 21 | John and his friend have just come back from New , you know , York |
| 22 | John and his , you know , friend have just come back from New York . |
| 23 | Dates have just come in for a series of Ovation guitar clinics , with Ian Aitken : Wed Oct 14th , Picton Music , Swansea ; Thu 15th , Cranes Music , Cardiff ; Mon 26th , Oasis Music , Ringwood , Hants ; Tues 27th , Soundpad , Barnstaple ; Thu 29th , Avalon Music , Sevenoaks ; Wed 11th Nov , Music Inn , Nottingham ; Thu 12th , Musical Exchange , Birmingham ; Fri 13th , Foulds of Derby ; Wed 18th , Rose Morris Music Store , London . |
| 24 | It would be ideal , he thought , for commuting between Oxford and Holland Park , where most of the novel-writing gets done ( Monkeyshines was recently filmed by George Romero ; Birthright has just come out ) . |
| 25 | He said he was a reporter and he told me of the death of the King , the news had just come through . |
| 26 | We turned our ponies and galloped back to the Legation , where we learnt that news had just come in of a great victory for the Shoan army . |
| 27 | I du n no , hold on , I think the record button 's just come off . |
| 28 | He would always teach trainees : " If a client asks you a question you do n't understand , say — " Hold on a minute sir , a call has just come through to me from the States " — put him on hold then , and ask me . |
| 29 | One British firm has just come back from France with almost £1m for its contribution towards landscaping . |
| 30 | Fazal had just come in and they were talking . |