Example sentences of "have just discovered " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pugwash 's creator , John Ryan , has just discovered that Edmondson is still alive , tending a cemetery in Rothbury . |
| 2 | ‘ My God , ’ she said , sounding a bit like a vicar who has just discovered the Third World , ‘ this makes one 's own problems seem pretty small , does n't it ? ’ |
| 3 | In ‘ The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth ’ Tídwald says reprovingly to Torhthelm — who has just discovered his master 's headless body : |
| 4 | Each character is musically differentiated : the countess has two magnificently melancholic arias in which she laments the loss of her husband 's affection ; the count is portrayed as arrogant , cynical and menacing ; Figaro and Susanna are quick-witted , likeable , scheming and intelligent , able to give as good as they get , but both capable as well of jealousy and emotional suffering ; Cherubino is a confused adolescent who has just discovered sex but does n't know what to do with it . |
| 5 | A might still suspect B of having stolen something from him elsewhere ( e.g. if he has just discovered that a bunch of keys is missing from the hall table ) . |
| 6 | But they did n't realise that the bronze-winged Pionuse parrot has just discovered how to talk . |
| 7 | He 'd just discovered Rocky Roads . |
| 8 | Whatever he was up to , whatever his intentions towards her , at least she 'd just discovered something about her feelings towards him . |
| 9 | as if they 'd just discovered immortality to be |
| 10 | I decided to specialise in patio pot plants but nothing thrived , and I 've just discovered that woodlice have invaded the pots and even eaten away the linings of wall baskets . |
| 11 | That 's what you 've just discovered . ’ |
| 12 | 6 You 've just discovered an animal new to science . |
| 13 | ‘ You quibble about names , and I 've just discovered that my father was once called Antonio Corosini ! ’ she cried bitterly . |
| 14 | Erm , I 've just discovered from the |
| 15 | Dalglish wore the demeanour of a man who had just discovered the cat had been sick in his slippers . |
| 16 | Apart from qualifying for Pseuds Corner in Private Eye and avoiding the use of plain English , what Rumbold was trying to say was that British youth had just discovered trainers in the late Eighties . |
| 17 | In 386 Ambrose moved relics he had just discovered in a Milan suburb to one of the new churches he had built to ring the growing city with prestigious sanctuaries ; it was a well thought out act . |
| 18 | Another pressing reason for leaving was that Jeanne Hébuterne had just discovered that she was pregnant and she had confessed as much to her mother . |
| 19 | Sixteen-year-old Sara Freeman liked to spend Saturday afternoon shopping and had just discovered the new shop in Fulham Road . |
| 20 | That was a word he had just discovered . |
| 21 | ‘ No , ’ she denied numbly , a hectic flush along her cheekbones , because she had just discovered that she also needed a man she could fight with , cross swords with . |
| 22 | I had just discovered boredom , and it was magic to me . |
| 23 | Sybil made a faint tutting noise and shuddered , as if she had just discovered an unpleasant insect on one of her flowers . |
| 24 | Mandy was peering through the binoculars with the intensity of an army scout who had just discovered the enemy , and with a defeated sigh Charity let her own gaze drift in the same direction . |
| 25 | Some hours after the alleged attack , Sharon McLean ran out of the Peace Gardens in Holt Street , near Wrexham police station , and pretended that she had just discovered the body , the jury was told . |
| 26 | I have just discovered that this column is 75 per cent owned by a Japanese company . |
| 27 | In practice , it can be a giant headache , as both the Justice Department in Washington and the Exxon oil company have just discovered . |
| 28 | US scientists have just discovered that the gas , nitric oxide , is produced in the main nerve of the penis , where it triggers the blood flow which causes an erection . |
| 29 | I have just discovered that Gaveston was probably poisoning the Lady Eleanor with a slow but subtle potion . ’ |
| 30 | Annoyingly , I have just discovered ( on my ‘ Fantasy League ’ mail being sent back to me ) that every single pounds sign that I lovingly put in the mail has been intpreted by the damn stupid mail program as ‘ stlg ’ or ‘ u ’ , and I 'm sure there will be plenty of other variations . |