Example sentences of "have just [verb] [adv prt] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Management consultancy not only made him rich ( he sold Telesis for $1m and has just forked out $1.25m for a Washington house ) ; it also convinced him that America 's ludicrously wasteful health-care system was undermining the nation 's competitiveness abroad . |
| 2 | Die Hard director John McTiernan is putting one together at Fox ( ’ Grab that Uzi , Maid Marion ! ’ ) , and production company Morgan Creek has just shelled out £1.2m for Prince Of Thieves , a reworking of the Sherwood Forest legend . |
| 3 | At 91 years of age , has just taken up painting water colours and choir singing at a local day centre in his home town of Hull . |
| 4 | No we 'd just picked up Christine from her friend 's house and I had sort of half a dozen people |
| 5 | No , I 've just rung up Viking to get some box sealing tape and , and this here , he , he said is your name T manager , what is the name of your business ? |
| 6 | Hordes of grumbly Leeds fans left one place which had just shut up shop . |
| 7 | Clara had actually heard one constant church attender , caught out donating a small charitable sum to the Vicar , defend herself to Mrs Maugham by saying that she had n't really meant to give it , and that she never would have given it if it had n't been that her little boy had just given up Sunday school . |
| 8 | Niklaus had just swarmed up Resurrection , taking a bit of a flyer in the process , being into the British way of things , and was obviously having a great day out . |
| 9 | The article said the chairman of TV London had just taken up residence in the castle . |
| 10 | Crane Holdings have just taken over Grey Rook PLC , which has a three year trading record . |
| 11 | He 's just put down Sophie . |