Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb -s] just [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The book was intended as the unpretentious account of a Devon lad who has just kept on writing and then reading the news . |
| 2 | There are others who are n't even dancing : one who has just gone over to the veranda and plunged his hand into the vat of boiling oil so he could offer a hot puri to a child in tears : another who is standing in the midst of the dancers being continually buffeted as they come and go , and hungrily eating a plateful of raw rice grains . |
| 3 | Sir Adrian Cadbury , who has just stepped down as chairman of Cadbury Schweppes , has been appointed a member of the Takeover and Mergers Panel . |
| 4 | A middle-aged building worker who arrived at the palace — his first time in such a place — after his marriage had broken up , said , " I was a little bit disgusted , they do n't treat you as if you were just unemployed , they treat you like a person who has just crawled out of the gutter . " |
| 5 | Luke 's wedding ring was on the table , close to her hand , and her eyes were wide open , like the eyes of someone who has just woken up . |
| 6 | It is typical of British tennis that Annabel Croft , who had not played a serious match for five years , should celebrate a light-hearted comeback by beating one of our brightest prospects who has just taken up the game professionally . |
| 7 | But as she did so , she thought she heard a thin , piercing sound , like the wail of a child who has just wakened up and found himself alone . |
| 8 | It is , therefore , worth bearing in mind that if you want a new tank , and have a friend who has just set up a new fish-house , you might do well to order through him/her … |
| 9 | When Gilda heard what happened , she said , ‘ A man who 's just staggered out of a nasty relationship wants a bloody nursemaid at first , and then he wants to play the field for a bit . |
| 10 | The seminar organizers are Robert Osborne , who 's just crept in , Judy Rainer — I wonder where Judy 's sitting — with the hand Ivor Bertram who has n't arrived yet , he 'll be arriving at lunchtime , and myself . |
| 11 | ‘ A neurotic , ’ he said , ‘ is a man who 's just worked out what 's going on . ’ |
| 12 | John 's there with his mate Paul , who 's just got back from work . |
| 13 | He looks like a night-shift worker who 's just woken up . |
| 14 | who 's just sat down , I bare my Aztec profile . |
| 15 | An Oxford aid worker who 's just come back from the Croatian capital Zagreb , says the situation there is getting out of hand . |
| 16 | Most faces have turned to watch the ā gri who 's just come out of the shrine and is standing in the doorway . |