Example sentences of "have just [vb pp] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked like a man who has just stepped into an empty lift-shaft . |
| 2 | As this issue of The Lifeboat goes to press the 16th International Lifeboat Conference has just come to an end in Oslo . |
| 3 | A third has just returned from an overnight trip to Otterbur in the north-east of England Where it has been helping to move personnel and matériel around the ranges . |
| 4 | Dom Turner , aged 21 , has just returned from an 11-week assignment in southern Chile with adventure charity Operation Raleigh . |
| 5 | A group of ornithologists has just returned from an expedition to an arid area in Mexico in which you are keenly interested . |
| 6 | There was a man who 'd just lived through an explosion underground , who turned round and sawed off Pengilly 's injured leg smack smooth , who passed the night forging a banker 's letter of credit , and who spent next day drawing wool over the eyes of the Manchester & leeds directors . |
| 7 | All the same , now she was older she had to admit that what he 'd done was n't so very terrible ; she 'd just reacted in an over-sensitive manner . |
| 8 | The Australians even refused to sing their traditional victory song at the end of the Adelaide Test , having just gone to an unbeatable 3–0 series lead . |
| 9 | And for some veteran or novice rower , they 'll be able to go home and say they 've just rowed with an Olympic gold medallist . |
| 10 | We 've just emerged from an exhibition at the Royal Academy , ‘ British Art of the Twentieth Century . ’ |
| 11 | You get the feeling you 've just walked into an alternative universe where L7 , free of the Women In Rock tag , reign supreme . |
| 12 | We 've just got through an absolute bastard of a week . |
| 13 | Try walking into that dressing-room after they had just lost by an innings . |
| 14 | Why he felt as if they had just agreed to an illicit liaison he did not know , unless it was the air of sexual invitation this woman wore as other women wore perfume , the practised composition of glance and gesture that she used to imply everything whilst proposing nothing . |
| 15 | Mowbray said : ‘ I had just recovered from an Achilles injury on my right leg when I hurt my left ankle . |
| 16 | It looked as if the serenity of the evening had just come to an end ! |
| 17 | He and Diana had just returned from an exhausting tour of America , plugging Britain and British industry at every turn . |
| 18 | Jakki had just returned from an idyllic holiday in America ( more of which in a moment ) when she was told to get back on a plane because the Material girl had finally agreed to give an interview on Radio One . |
| 19 | Once this stage was completed , subjects were told : ‘ You have just participated in an experiment on impression formation . |
| 20 | Two Chinese teachers have just graduated from an international centre in Hebrew They say both China and Israel have ancient traditions , and it 's about time they got to know more about each other . |
| 21 | Finally as a Church Fellowship we have just embarked on an exciting journey which I believe the Lord is going to honour . |
| 22 | I have just returned from an interesting and enjoyable conference on Coastal Zone Management held during a beautiful weekend in Copenhagen . |