Example sentences of "i have just [vb pp] out " in BNC.

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1 The big one looked down at me as if I 'd just crawled out from under .
2 The following morning , I 'd just got out of bed when he started barking to get out .
3 I 'd just got out of bed — I was half asleep , ’ she tried , without much conviction .
4 I made sure I looked as if I 'd just got out of bed and dressed in a hurry — hence no socks and the sweatshirt — and went down to front garden to wave them in .
5 I was unable to pay more than the $100,000 I had just forked out for his British rights , so he sold Leslie Waddington a batch too .
6 It would n't be much good telling them I had just popped out for a breath of air this street led to both the bus and railway stations and it would n't need a genius to rumble my little game .
7 at the time , I thought , ‘ This is ridiculous , I 'm holding these boys back ’ because I was also managing a singer called Marc Bolan , and in the quieter moments , he and David would decorate my office to fill in the time , but I said to them that I had just run out of money and could n't afford to carry on — I 'd taken no commission from either of them at the time — so I went off to Spain to think about my next move and released them both from their contracts . ’
8 ‘ I was in Switzerland on a pre-season tour and I had just missed out on sign ing Dean Saunders , ’ he said .
9 I had just come out of one of my planning meetings and I metaphorically banged the table and said ‘ I know exactly what you should do . ’
10 I had just got out of bed and was reaching for my dressing gown when an explosion shook the house .
11 For example , consider the following exchange : A ( to passer by ) : I 've just run out of petrol B : Oh ; there 's a garage just around the corner Here B 's utterance may be taken to implicate that A may obtain petrol there , and he would certainly be being less than fully cooperative if he knew the garage was closed or was sold out of petrol ( hence the inference ) .
12 See , and I 've just made out of the stomach .
13 You must think I 've just crawled out of my crib ! ’
14 I said , ‘ Look , you know I 've just come out of Holloway after being on remand . ’
15 I 've just come out of hospital .
16 ‘ As you can see , I 've just come out of the bath , ’ Shae said , striving to remain polite , when every instinct in her soul was screaming at her to send the actress running with her tail between her legs .
17 So I 've just come out of the goodness of my heart to warn you to save yourself while you can : you 'll lose Hugo — where is he , by the way ?
18 No he 'd love that though cos he could come round and go shit I 've just come out of rehab and everyone would go oh wow man you must be really drugged out .
19 Well I 've just come out of the debate which has just finished on the Palestine and Israel situation and er we passed the voting paper which will become policy for the party , calling for er a non-violent solution recognising the P L O and urging the U N to facilitate negotiations between Israeli government and the P L O.
20 So here I am again , ‘ his nibs ’ lying prostrate at my feet , looking up at me ; big amber eyes melting like the chocolate gateau I 've just put out to thaw .
21 She shakes me gently by the hand and announces quietly , ‘ I 've just got out of the bath . ’
22 I 've just worked out it 's time for a change of clothing . ’
23 I mean I 've just worked out there 's , there are twenty eight jobs there , of which er we 've we 've only really made a profit on eight .
24 The question posed in er item two D , should the policy include specific guidance on the location of the new settlement , we would hope that in the light of what you 've heard , and in the light of the statement I 've just read out , that you would have no difficulty coming to a conclusion on that question , just as it stands .
25 Papers are missing from the names I 've just read out .
26 Now that 's not what President Eisenhower wanted , I 've just read out this quotation , it 's the last thing I want to do he says but he 's driven to do it because the state governor refused to accept the arguments that , that Eisenhower put to him .
27 That 's why I 'm just now er I 've just read out .
28 ‘ I never used to read poetry at all but I 've just found out that it says all the things I 've often felt but never been able to express .
29 I saw her and I , I be honest with you I hid , I be totally honest and I 'll tell her the same if I see her because I 've just found out then that they could n't do any more for me dad and I really did n't want to speak or see anybody and I sat in the canteen on my own , I just said to me mum , mum on the phone I said mum I need to do this on my own I said I 'm just gon na have a coffee in the cafeteria and I do n't know if you 've been in there but the cafeteria is all glass and she pulled up in a white van delivering something to the office , I thought oh no it 's Jenny she 's the last bleeding person I want there , I do n't mean that
30 I have just wiped out a whole line by carelessly resting my finger on a key , and earlier it kept telling me ‘ mistake ’ — not , of course , helpfully saying what the mistake was .
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