Example sentences of "i have just [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They probably thought , at that time of the afternoon , that I 'd just been made redundant . |
| 2 | To judge by your face , you 'd have thought I 'd just been sentenced to hang , not thrown a lifeline . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd just been turned down for yet another job , hardly any money left — desperate , I was , and out comes your grandfather , asks me what 's wrong . ’ |
| 4 | By nine , the playroom was like something censored out of Gremlins , and I spent most of the morning as a cross between Mummy Bear and Mister Wolf I 'd just been pinned to the floor , it was like an insane asylum in Lilliput , when buti Sikita beckoned me to the phone . |
| 5 | Well , I 'd just been paid , so there was no problems about me having money to score , so I think I 'd just set me mind that I wanted to sort meself out once and for good . |
| 6 | I have often wondered what my guest would have thought when I got back if I had told him I had just been beaten . |
| 7 | My mother I remember there was a sale of work going on at Palfrey church once and bef I had just been made apprentice at Wolverhampton and of course I got amongst the , they , when they came the , the Derby day they were all having a bet on it so I , I said to the give them half a crown , so he said you ca n't have half a crown and he said what do you want it for so I said they 're putting it on a horse was on this horse it won , so of course this sale of work was in great progress when I gets off the train at station and thought well I could n't understand in er Palfrey Church Hall , so she was there in all her finery and I said we 've won , we 've won she said shut up , shut up she said but erm no I think the biggest character in Caldmore was Father . |
| 8 | The timing was opportune because Ned was able to take a year out from his university course ; Matthew had just finished school ; Val got 6 months ’ leave of absence from her job ; and I had just been given early retirement . |
| 9 | Leonard Cheshire and I were pilot officers together in No 4 Group at the beginning of the war ; he came from the dreaming spires of Oxford and I had just been commissioned as a pilot officer after serving a stint of five years as a sergeant pilot . |
| 10 | Questioned about why she had not sought help immediately after the alleged attack , she said : ‘ I had just been raped by a policeman , and I did not trust no police after that . ’ |
| 11 | I 've just been made redundant after 30 years as an engineer with British Telecom . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I have a feeling I 've just been conned , Father . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've just been asked to take over a leading role in a production that 's been playing in Stratford which they 're taking to the Barbican . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've just been given a present . ’ |
| 15 | Before Rachel was born I bought about six stretchsuits , and I 've just been given 12 more but I have n't had to spend much on her clothes yet because I 've had so many presents . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've just been given some great news . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've just been robbed ! |
| 18 | as if I had n't been through enough today , I 've just been dubbed your plaything of the week — ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Ca n't think why , Carrots , I 've just been steamrollered . ’ |
| 20 | I in fact I 've just been shown a different copy of this , Gwen has just shown me a different copy and the colour 's is totally different , its a very , very poor erm print and , when I was looking at this through my book , the background was very strange and I felt that almost had been painted by a totally different artist , but having seen Gwin 's , er Gwen 's |
| 21 | That 's a sprinter 's example , but it 's the same for any athletic performance , as I 've just been reminded by watching the astonishing improvement of Ray Davidson in these past few years . |
| 22 | I 've just been let loose in the big bad world and I 'm scared to death ! |
| 23 | I 've just been driven back from Covent Garden and I want to get to bed . |
| 24 | She could hardly say , ‘ I 've just been told that I 'm pregnant again , ’ because it was only a matter of a week or two . |
| 25 | ‘ Not too good , ’ I said , ‘ I 've just been told that Punch is closing . ’ |
| 26 | Gazza reacted angrily as he explained : ‘ I 've just been told that English journalists are saying that I threw my bib down because Zoff said I was out of the side . |
| 27 | Rain said : ‘ Despite Barbara Coleman 's chattering and despite what I 've just been told , you 're all safe because there 's no proof about the provenance of the paintings . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 've just been told the same . |
| 29 | I I 've just been told I 've just been told that our entire switchboard is totally lit up . |
| 30 | I I 've just been told I 've just been told that our entire switchboard is totally lit up . |