Example sentences of "she had just [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked as stunningly elegant , as poised and assured — because even her slight nervousness seemed professional — as if she had just stepped out of a cabine at Dior . |
| 2 | Lucy Lane arrived : in a green frock figured in black , dark hair expertly set , a shoulder bag matching her frock ; she looked as though she had just stepped out of her BMW runabout for a spot of window shopping . |
| 3 | One night she had just blown out the light when she had the sudden feeling that someone had entered the room . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Gabriel , though he felt as crushed as the thistle she had just stood on . |
| 5 | She said she could n't stay , that she had just dropped in for a minute . |
| 6 | The harder Julius had tried , the less she had seemed able to respond to him , she had just frozen up inside . |
| 7 | Alone , Franca washed her face in cold water in the kitchen , washing off the powder she had just put on . |
| 8 | She corrected this idea by always wearing a hat , as though she had just looked in on her way to the garden . |
| 9 | Agnes had taken a smaller one ; she had just got back from her service 's registry . |
| 10 | She looked as if she had just got out of bed , and McLeish had a sudden vision of a dark basement flat with greasy mugs on every surface . |
| 11 | Her hair was black and thick and looked tangled , as though she had just got out of bed and not brushed it . |
| 12 | And a man to whom she had just thrown down a deliberate challenge . |
| 13 | But she had just settled down , flicking the control through a dozen or so channels until she found the one she wanted , when the door opened and Marc himself came in . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The ones she had just knocked down were on their feet again , hopping on the steps around her . |
| 17 | Kathleen looked over at the square cardboard box she had just brought back from Dorothea . |
| 18 | She had just started out on her career as a free-lance photographer , with nothing but a little talent , a lot of determination and the best camera money could buy to help her make it . |