Example sentences of "who had just [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would inflict special damage on a person who had just posted a business letter the purpose of which would be defeated by any exceptional delay . |
| 2 | A few days later , Grace McNeil , who had just lost a much-loved Rough Collie and had been sent to us by her vet , came and took the young male , Robbie . |
| 3 | A marriage between foreign nationals from different countries and of different religions would have been difficult enough in settled times , but it was rendered much more complicated now by the fact that whatever my family 's record might have been with regard to the Fascist party , my mother , my father and I were enemy aliens who had just lost a war . |
| 4 | Miller found himself playing the role of her doctor , manager , analyst and trouble-shooter with an increasingly frustrated , impatient and high-handed Olivier , who was having marital problems himself with the mentally troubled Vivien Leigh , who had just announced a miscarriage at the age of forty-one . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not rushing out to get more players , ’ said Gray , who had just rejected a bid of £175,000 for Willis from Motherwell . |
| 6 | It was the following weekend and Rachel was helping her father , who had just given the lawn its last cut before winter , to dispose of the grass cuttings on the compost heap at the bottom of the garden . |
| 7 | A local builder , probably the same man who had just built the beautiful house of Newton Ferrers , created this simple masterpiece in the local sea-grey basaltic stone , mixed with silvery granite from the moor up over the hill to the north . |
| 8 | L. C. Knights , who had just joined the University , had written a famous essay on ‘ How many children had Lady Macbeth ? ’ ) |
| 9 | ‘ A remarkable recovery , ’ drawled a young woman who had just joined the group . |
| 10 | It was amazing how much Eliot knew about history , as I , who had just completed a History degree , my second qualification , had reason to know . |
| 11 | In the Groeger and Chapman study the films were each viewed by 48 subjects who had just completed a drive around Cambridge with a local driving instructor . |
| 12 | Dalglish wore the demeanour of a man who had just discovered the cat had been sick in his slippers . |
| 13 | Mandy was peering through the binoculars with the intensity of an army scout who had just discovered the enemy , and with a defeated sigh Charity let her own gaze drift in the same direction . |
| 14 | Certainly the Man who had just opened the door of Woil 's cage had his attention distracted by the shout . |
| 15 | ‘ How about something really radical on the dangers of sunbathing without blocker ? ’ said Helena , who had just found a mole on her arm which had definitely not been there at the beginning of the summer . |
| 16 | On my next visit to Southampton I tried in vain for a chat with the young man who had just won a match for Hampshire and deserved to bask in a discreet amount of praise . |
| 17 | Docherty was on the verge of signing a new contract with United who had just won the FA Cup and in an act of either remarkable honesty or unmitigated stupidity , he decided to inform the board that he was romantically involved with the physiotherapist 's wife . |
| 18 | But — and here 's the point — second billing was given to a young Austrian lad of 17 who had just won the title of Junior Mr Universe . |
| 19 | I recall that on this occasion there were present — besides Geoffrey Faber and other members of his staff — Dylan Thomas , William Empson , A. L. Rowse , Charles Madge , Babette Deutsch ( who had just published a book called This Modern Poetry ) , and some Faber and Criterion authors . |
| 20 | In 1847 Richard Sheepshanks wrote of John Couch Adams , a Cambridge mathematician who had just predicted the new planet Neptune : ‘ I think there is a hope that Mr Adams will continue his astronomical career . |
| 21 | In 1613 , therefore , he gave up his Fellowship and left for the Continent in the suite of the Princess Elizabeth , who had just married the Elector Frederick of the Rhine . |
| 22 | She talked about her niece , Gwen , who had just married an auctioneer , and about the child of another niece , who had something the matter with his ears . |
| 23 | For one brief moment , it seemed as if there might be a conventional route to fame , through the young director Roman Polanski who had just entered the fast new Hollywood crowd of which Nicholson was a member , as was his friend Robert Evans , who had been recently appointed vice president of Paramount and in charge of all new production projects . |
| 24 | Breeze turned to glance at the man who had just entered the shop , and saw that it was Roger Kenyon . |
| 25 | Elizabeth Woodville turned round , her attention diverted towards servants who had just entered the hall with some more of her possessions . |
| 26 | She took a deep breath , forced herself not to feel intimidated by the exceptionally well-groomed woman who had just entered the boutique , and ventured in . |
| 27 | Naturally one had wished to invite Mr Adolphus Moon who had just purchased a delightful house with extensive grounds near the village of Far Flatley , where Amabel herself would dearly love to build . |
| 28 | The ticket collector , who had just had a new perm , thought the girl 's geometrically cut and excessively short hair awful . |
| 29 | To soothe her grief , Mrs Belgrove , who had just had a little boy , designed an all-white garden beyond the lawn . |
| 30 | All except Marie , who had just had a baby ; and my brother and Roddy McDowall . |