Example sentences of "[subord] it have just been " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looked as if it had just been brought home by Susan from Blackpool . |
| 2 | She noticed that his hair had scissor marks in it , as if it had just been dry cut . |
| 3 | Because no one could have found that brooch if it had just been a wilderness . |
| 4 | I stared stupidly at the bag in my hand as if it had just been dropped there from a helicopter . |
| 5 | The Z88 's line editor may then be used to edit the line as if it had just been typed in . |
| 6 | The line to be edited is now in the input buffer and may be edited as if it had just been typed in . |
| 7 | But if it 's just been brought out of the calf pens , fresh muck when it 's been spreaded in , and you know that tummy muscles , along mucking out the calf pens , they 'd been all the winter on this , getting tighter and harder , all through the winter . |
| 8 | If it has just been created using option 2.1.1 — Create DC , it should now be updated using option 2.1.2 — Update DC and then submitted for assessment using option 2.1.3 , whereupon no further changes will be possible . |
| 9 | ‘ As far as actually ‘ working out ’ is concerned , I 've been doing a lot this year , but not since rehearsals began because it 's just been so crazed . |
| 10 | Any unit of information may of course change status as the discourse proceeds , and what was new in one sentence becomes given in the next , precisely because it has just been said . |
| 11 | That was what happened in 1984 when Renault 's Formula 1 programme fell into disarray the season after it had just been pipped at the final post by the Brabham-BMW team . |
| 12 | So you do n't know whether it had just been built and |
| 13 | The comedian Spike Milligan held forth about God , Diana gave a priceless diamond and pearl necklace to a friend to look after while she danced ; while the Queen was observed looking through the programme and saying in bemused tones : ‘ It says here they have live music ’ , as though it had just been invented . |
| 14 | It would er but as I 've already said the bed looked made er totally un-slept in it looked as though it had just been made up from new and un-slept in which is why I took that course of action . |
| 15 | Her whole world felt as though it had just been rocked on its axis by the announcement , so that for long silent seconds she could only stare at him with pain in her eyes . |
| 16 | ‘ As though it 's just been created and has n't had a chance to get fouled up with so-called ‘ civilisation ’ . |
| 17 | She was glad to get away for a change of scene , as it had just been confirmed that Steve had been killed , and her place was taken by Nancy , a tall , dark Scots girl , who fitted into the Met team very well . |
| 18 | Our next port of call would be Constantinople — or , as it had just been renamed , Istanbul . |