Example sentences of "who have just [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | I drove into the mouth of a carnivorous wave with the reckless abandon of a man who has just been given a week to live . |
2 | A couple of hours after drafting this , I receive a call from a local health visitor asking advice about a child who has just been diagnosed . |
3 | South Africa have named for the same job , not a professional journalist , but Dr. Nick Labuschagne , a man who has just been ousted as President of the Natal Rugby Union . |
4 | Ms Achtenberg is an avowed lesbian who has just been confirmed as an assistant secretary in the department of Housing and Urban Development . |
5 | He looked like an airline passenger who has just been told that all four engines on his 747 have just failed . |
6 | Robert Burke , a Hartley regular , is Bill McCabe , a small-time conman who has just been dumped by his girl . |
7 | It 's like offering an elastoplast to somebody who has just been disembowelled . |
8 | The case of the chartered accountant who has just been found guilty of a serious reckless driving offence only came to the Institute 's attention by chance , when an Investigation Committee member heard about it on the radio . |
9 | I frowned like someone who has just been put on the spot and is afraid of making a fool of himself . |
10 | They got the idea when Rex , who 'd just been made redundant , was talking to a friend of his who was also out of work . |
11 | Rupert , who 'd just been appointed Tory Minister for Sport , eyed Mrs Sherwood back . |
12 | ‘ The look on your face was like a naughty schoolgirl who 'd just been caught with a stolen pie . |
13 | When Creed called , Jed was watching a news report about a vulture who 'd just been arrested on a murder charge . |
14 | " Take the Tran family over there who 've just been introduced to your father , for instance . |
15 | After 87 minutes Luton 's woe was complete as Sharp headed in a cross from Bernard , who had just been denied by another splendid stop from Chamberlain . |
16 | 30th March 1808 ‘ saw a woman on Blackfriar 's Bridge who had just been killed by a horse which had run away — the horse was stopped just about half way between that market and the bridge , drank tea and supped with Mr. Hills — Mr. Pyne was there — met Mr. Reinagle ’ . |
17 | When Professor Aldini applied galvanism to the face of a felon who had just been cut down from the gallows , |
18 | This included £329,000 to Iroquois , covering fees over the four-and-a-half months that he chaired Eagle , £33,000 to Iroquois ' lawyer and two blank cheques for £250,000 presented to Richard Smith and Clive Whiley , who had just been sacked as directors of Eagle . |
19 | Our fathers , who had just been demobbed , struggled to build |
20 | Winston Churchill , who had just been defeated as Liberal candidate for Leicester , West , declared that a Labour Government would be a ‘ national misfortune such as has usually befallen a great state only on the morrow of defeat in war ’ . |
21 | Everyone put on their coats and crowded to the gate with that mixture of patronage and curiosity reserved by old prisoners for those who had just been shot down . |
22 | But her terrifying three-hour ordeal ended when police overpowered Khamton Omvaree , in his thirties — who had just been freed from a 10-year sentence under a royal amnesty . |
23 | It was his grandson who , in 1831 , enlisted the help of a Lambton , who had just been made Earl of Durham , to prove his claim to the Earldom of Perth . |
24 | The kid gets on his bicycle ; for a few moments he wears the expression of someone who had just been made aware of his own mortality . |
25 | I can actually recall a press release which came to me about a a principal tourism officer who had just been appointed to be the head , you know the president for the year of his professional body , and in his own town a press release was put out in which his name was incorrectly spelt , and the conference at which he was about to be invested was actually taking , and I blush to say that it was in Brighton , I can only tell you when I got that press release I did what I frequently do , which is outline in highlighter the mistakes on the press release , put it back into the envelope and send it back to the relevant officer . |
26 | Pritt , MP , who had just been expelled from the Labour Party , its main support came from the Communists . |
27 | Five minutes later , he was joined by a UDA officer who had just been arrested . |
28 | By that time I was working as a registrar in an infectious diseases hospital and had been called out to see a very ill child who had just been admitted to the unit . |
29 | Management at Darlington 's Memorial Hospital introduced new procedures a few weeks ago when no food could be found in the hospital for a diabetic patient who had just been admitted . |
30 | The result was that a constituent of mine — and no doubt many hundreds of others who have just been referred to by the Minister as being included in the 1,200 people who received grants — was short changed and not given the full amount . |