Example sentences of "[noun prp] have just [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Wolfe had just been doing his customary job of explaining to the passengers why we were late : ‘ We have an emergency situation which is not a real alarm situation . ’ |
| 2 | The effect of Dr McNab 's arguments was by no means as overwhelming as might be supposed ; with the best will in the world and in ideal circumstances it is next to impossible to escape cerebral indigestion as someone quotes comparative figures as fluently as Dr McNab had just been doing . |
| 3 | Well I 'll be going up to watch that match that Hugh 's just been talking about . |
| 4 | Well I 'm certain that if you looked at every post in the City we could certainly save one or two , I do n't think anyone would deny that , but the sort of cases that Queenie 's just been talking about , I think she 's talking absolute nonsense . |
| 5 | Geoffrey 's just been telling me all about it . |
| 6 | Anyway , Robin 's just been poking around and he 's come up with a can of Mr Shen , the noo . |
| 7 | Anyway , Robin 's just been poking around and he 's come up with a can of Mr Shen , the noo . |
| 8 | You see I 've got with me in the studio here Stan Bowes , who 's the head of marketing for the Thames and Chilterns Tourist Board , and Stan has just been explaining to us that there is this campaign to encourage people to take holidays in this country . |
| 9 | She settled down to my right where Steve had just been sitting . |
| 10 | Their companion cast them exactly the sort of curious glance Isabel had just been anticipating . |
| 11 | ‘ Feargal has just been telling me how you helped out this morning , and your idea of putting pictures on the menus . |