Example sentences of "[pers pn] have just come [adv] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth Atucehene , an immigrant from Ghana , said : ‘ I had just come home from church and I was in the house with my children . ’ |
| 2 | I 've just come back from France . |
| 3 | ‘ Dear Loretta , ’ she read , ‘ I 've just come back from an official trip to Italy , and I squeezed in a visit to a peace camp while I was there . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've just come back from the Thomas Garlands ’ place , sir . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm not being rude now , I 've just come back from the Gambia and I have n't stopped |
| 6 | I 've just come across from the factory ; it 's windy out . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I have just come back from lecturing in New York and I am off to lecture in Hong Kong . |
| 8 | ‘ I have just come back from talking to Alfred and I telephoned Maurice . ’ |
| 9 | Sometimes , you 've just come home from work and your feet are sore and your head aches , but then the music starts playing and away you go . |
| 10 | It was quite soon after the terrible motor accident that had crippled him for life , and she had just come in from the garden with a bunch of flowers for him . |
| 11 | She opened the door before Massingham had time to ring , her handsome shield-shaped face composed under the light brown fringe , and looking in her shirt , slacks and leather jerkin as elegantly informal as if she had just come in from a country walk . |
| 12 | Imagine that you have just come home from your hard day being an Environmental Health Officer , and your neighbour , who happens to be a builder or bookmaker or something , invites you down to the pub , and over a pint he says , ‘ I heard something on the radio about some story . |
| 13 | ‘ There y'ar , Sergeant Joe , ’ beamed Mrs Beavis , ‘ this young lady 's our new lodger , she 's just took the front room , she 's just come over from France . |
| 14 | Oh , she thinks she 's just come home from |
| 15 | And camping We 've just come back from Cornwall and it was very wet . |
| 16 | We 've just come back from Chile , where chemical pollution , factory fishing , and poverty are the everyday reality facing fishermen , slowly destroying their ability to make a living and support their families . |
| 17 | Tell them we 've just come back from that . |
| 18 | Oh Well we 've just come back from America we 've been in America for three years . |
| 19 | Gail , who is also looking forward to the birth of her first baby in November , said : ‘ We have just come back from two wet weeks in Bournemouth and said we could do with spoiling ourselves with a stay in a luxury hotel then I was told I had won — it 's amazing. , ’ |
| 20 | They 're always looking forward to going places they 've just come back from , or regretting doing things they have n't yet done . |
| 21 | A game of tag ( see below ) may well be just the thing ; but if they 've just come in from the playground and that 's what they 've been doing for the last fifteen minutes , it would be a bit of a waste of time . |
| 22 | When I quip that he sounds as if he has just come round from anaesthetic , Eva says , ‘ He has . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ He has just come back from Canada and he will go back to Canada . ’ |
| 24 | Then , when the horse is brought out of the stable , instead of just walking quietly along ( which it would if it had just come in from the paddock ) , it is jumping out of its skin , ready to spook and shy at anything , nostrils dilated , eyes bulging , and tail hoisted high . |
| 25 | He 's just come back from holiday , and starts school today . ’ |
| 26 | He 's just come back from Australia |
| 27 | No he 's just come back from Tunisia on holiday so he 'll need it . |
| 28 | He 's just come back from Belize erm , and he 's they 're , they 're posted to Germany and they leave tomorrow . |