Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] just been " in BNC.

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1 Some affirmative uses give a slightly different impression from that of being able to assert the occurrence of an event because of its having been perceived — a suggestion that there is a difference between what perception would lead one to think and the way things really are : ( 85 ) Once again the direction in which something is seen to move might depend upon the ratios of firing in cells sensitive to movement in different directions , and after prolonged movement in one direction a stationary image would produce less firing in the cell which had just been stimulated more than normally , hence apparent movement in the opposite direction would be seen to occur .
2 Cadfael could not choose but feel some sympathy for one whose dubious but daring enterprise had come full circle , and now threatened him with disgrace and punishment ; all the more as Cadfael himself had just been spared a possibly similar exposure .
3 She was n't sure which would have been worse — open , lustful leering , or the teasing mockery she 'd just been subjected to .
4 ‘ You mean that 's the monster you 've just been telling me all about ? ’
5 However , the conception we have just been briefly outlining came up against a number of philosophical difficulties .
6 somebody came to settle up bang and he was playing thinking he 'd just been wounded and in fact he 'd been shot and killed , poor chap
7 A TEENAGER and three of his pals died when he crashed the car he had just been given as a present .
8 In the event , the letter to Anselm containing the passionate phrases condemning lay investiture which have just been quoted , had no effect on the subsequent negotiations .
9 So it will help to keep your Bible open at the passage which has just been read to us , from the ninth chapter of the gospel according to Matthew .
10 Viewer , the add-in that lets you see the contents of files still on disk , has been improved and now allows the import of ASCII text and now lets you save the current worksheet and retrieve a new file in a single command — so reducing the risk of +:F7 you loosing the work you had just been doing before using it !
11 When Professor Aldini applied galvanism to the face of a felon who had just been cut down from the gallows ,
12 By that time I was working as a registrar in an infectious diseases hospital and had been called out to see a very ill child who had just been admitted to the unit .
13 The child who has just been away from the room has to guess who is the murderer .
14 A couple of hours after drafting this , I receive a call from a local health visitor asking advice about a child who has just been diagnosed .
15 Ms Achtenberg is an avowed lesbian who has just been confirmed as an assistant secretary in the department of Housing and Urban Development .
16 Any illustrations for the scene we 've just been doing and the things we 've already been talking about , or any new ideas .
17 ‘ It 's a pity it 's just been a year .
18 Robert Burke , a Hartley regular , is Bill McCabe , a small-time conman who has just been dumped by his girl .
19 So I ignore the directive I have just been given , and head straight back to London .
20 Erm it comes back to the point which has just been made about the er , about the erm why have this system of election by thirds and almost backfired on , on , on , on the leader of the council yeah ?
21 The process which has just been described is clearly a very complex affair , but most of the decisions involved in it are programmable types of decisions .
22 The shelter sees many dogs which have just been dumped on Dartmoor — a favourite spot for ‘ losing ’ pets , as the wilderness has few witnesses .
23 Other infantrymen were irked by the impersonal casualness with which the heavy gunners crews emerged from their comfortable shelters to fire at targets they could not see , ‘ appearing to be much less concerned than about the soup or the bucket of wine which had just been brought ’
24 When Creed called , Jed was watching a news report about a vulture who 'd just been arrested on a murder charge .
25 We are sure this end that the Pikes would n't be a party to exporting the virus to ( or in even the slightest way aiding ) the place you 've just been .
26 The case of the chartered accountant who has just been found guilty of a serious reckless driving offence only came to the Institute 's attention by chance , when an Investigation Committee member heard about it on the radio .
27 People ring up about the match they 've just been to and complain or say who they think should be the next England manager , etc .
28 However , this result does not carry through in the same way to the cases we have just been discussing where managerial utility depends on effort as well as income .
29 Is the person I 've just been , an ego in my head .
30 ‘ If we do n't hurry we 're likely to meet Florian and Nicky in the lift , and right this minute I do n't think I could bring myself to keep quiet about the things you 've just been saying . ’
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