Example sentences of "had just [vb pp] [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was in Switzerland on a pre-season tour and I had just missed out on sign ing Dean Saunders , ’ he said . |
| 2 | She corrected this idea by always wearing a hat , as though she had just looked in on her way to the garden . |
| 3 | She had just started out on her career as a free-lance photographer , with nothing but a little talent , a lot of determination and the best camera money could buy to help her make it . |
| 4 | Descending the stone steps from the station platform , Durham turned up the gas and had just sat down on the bench and opened his bait tin when he was startled by the apparition of a strange man followed by a large black retriever dog emerging from the coal cellar . |
| 5 | They had just set out on holiday in their Mazda car . |