Example sentences of "he have just [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the student is describing a series of very simple events which he has just been watching , it might be expected that he would produce a highly fluent and error-free description with no hesitations . |
| 2 | If Albany speaks , it suggests an attempt to reassert authority he has just been trying to give away ( as Gurr proposes about as upbeat a close as leaving Denmark in Fortinbras 's control ) . |
| 3 | His expression was severe and disapproving as if he 'd just been sucking on a slice of lemon . |
| 4 | He 'd just been trying to squeeze a split-shot on to his line and it had popped out of his fingers . |
| 5 | If he 'd just been trying to clear the hell out , then it meant there were probably other FAKINTIL escapers at large who had n't been able to make it back to the mountains either . |
| 6 | As he began another banquet in Japan , President Bush said he was fine , after his collapse yesterday , and that he 'd just been suffering from a flu bug . |
| 7 | He 'd just been amusing himself with a new challenge , the new blonde female who 'd temporarily appeared in his life … |
| 8 | w well not over her but , but really , really really chummy yeah , and I thought and he 'd just been saying how pretentious she was most of the evening most of the afternoon I mean . |
| 9 | One day a child came home from Sunday School declaring that he had just been hearing about how Moses crossed the Red Sea with tanks and Bailey bridges . |
| 10 | Now she saw that he had just been dealing with the easy , practical part first . |
| 11 | Over his face quivered shades of the sniggers he had just been enjoying with his mates . |
| 12 | He had sprung to his feet and thrown out his arms and cried , for he had just been doing Archimedes ' Principle at school , " Eureka ! " |
| 13 | He had a half-beard and he looked dirty , as if he had just been working with hammers and bricks and wood and chisels . |
| 14 | Behind him the door of the house whose occupant he had just been interviewing had been dosed with considerable firmness . |
| 15 | ‘ Not too good , I 've heard , ’ said Greg , not adding that he had just been grilling the doctor who signed her second husband 's death certificate . |
| 16 | ‘ The way you and he have just been pawing each other about just has to mean that , in your own sweet way , ’ he inserted thunderously , ‘ you 've been endorsing the fact that your affair with him is over ! ’ |
| 17 | He 's just been telling us about how this bloke 's condoms dropped out of his pocket . |
| 18 | We 've er , he 's just been getting all the photos stuck down on those cards . |
| 19 | He 's just been cleaning our window . |