Example sentences of "[noun] have just [vb pp] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | This driver has just returned from France , after managing to get through the blockade . |
| 2 | Professor Jack Spence of Leicester university has just returned from a fact-finding tour of South Africa . |
| 3 | Durham solicitor David Keating has just returned from Albania where he led a delegation of lawyers to help establish the legal profession there . |
| 4 | A delegation of lawyers from the British Romanian Law Association has just returned from a successful trip to Romania , having given seminars in two Romanian cities and met with representatives of the Romanian Bar Association . |
| 5 | For his own paddling Andy has just changed from the AeroQuatic to the Dagger Crossfire and can now do brilliant 360s without paddles . |
| 6 | We get caught out with long balls to where our defender has just come from . |
| 7 | The pristine Gondola has just emerged from the new paint-shop , opened in 1922 , and is about to be moved sideways on the traverser . |
| 8 | Les Stocker , the animal saviour from St Tiggywinkles Wildlife hospital at Haddenham has just returned from the islands after a fortnight 's hard work . |
| 9 | It was interesting that Fishwick Mona had just returned from the Great Yorkshire Show where she had stood third in a strong yearling heifer class . |
| 10 | A group of ornithologists has just returned from an expedition to an arid area in Mexico in which you are keenly interested . |
| 11 | TEENAGE striker Stephen Perkins has just returned from a week 's trial at Stoke City and the Potters have expressed great interest . |
| 12 | Jakki had just returned from an idyllic holiday in America ( more of which in a moment ) when she was told to get back on a plane because the Material girl had finally agreed to give an interview on Radio One . |
| 13 | Jesus had just returned from the country of the Gerasenes . |
| 14 | The BBC had just moved from Savoy Hill to Broadcasting House . |
| 15 | Oh brilliant I think my gob 's just recovered from that . |
| 16 | Billy had just shuffled from one foot to the other and blushed as all dutiful sons should do . |
| 17 | Her father had just returned from the public house , and was at his most sensitive to the shame brought upon his noble name by Tess . |
| 18 | The two-car Pacer train had just emerged from a tunnel when it ploughed into 11 cows . |
| 19 | Robbie and the dog had just returned from their stroll and she was about to lock up and go below for the night when a sound from the towpath caught her attention . |
| 20 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that a delegation from the Inter-Parliamentary Union has just returned from Russia and the Ukraine ? |
| 21 | Peter has just come from California to make ‘ a film of English life ’ which will involve the reconstruction of an English residence in Hollywood . |
| 22 | The speaker had just returned from a ‘ little-known place , in Southern Africa — Lesotho , or ‘ Basutoland , as it used to be called ’ . |
| 23 | Word had just come from Ottawa , he told me , confirming his suggestion that I be promoted to the post of Production Manager for the CBC , as from the end of the month . |
| 24 | Two Chinese teachers have just graduated from an international centre in Hebrew They say both China and Israel have ancient traditions , and it 's about time they got to know more about each other . |
| 25 | Jon Bloomfield has just returned from Prague . |
| 26 | The SoftPC version that gets up on the Mac will be the full Windows product that Insignia has just licensed from Microsoft , so that Windows and MS-DOS programs will be able to run legitimately on an IBM Corp chip-powered Mac . |
| 27 | IBM Corp traditionally sends departing executives off with glowing resumees of their illustrious careers , so it was striking that the announcement late Friday that former chairman and chief executive officer John Akers had just retired from the company after 33 years was accompanied by the briefest and curtest summaries of his career — after all , the man had significant achievements behind him when he acceded to the top job , and it is arguable that many of the problems that plagued the company during Akers ' tenure were the fault of his predecessors , although it must be said that he was also in the loop at the time . |
| 28 | He and Diana had just returned from an exhausting tour of America , plugging Britain and British industry at every turn . |
| 29 | Sergeant Bramble had just returned from the Manor House upon his bicycle . |
| 30 | Robertson had just returned from holidaying in India when Major proposed his Kurdish safe havens policy to a meeting of EC leaders . |