Example sentences of "they have just [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Indians had taken the radio telephones ( they 'd have gone off with the genny if they 'd had a crane ) and Caracas thought they 'd just broken down again so came as per normal . |
| 2 | They had been on stand-by since 10.00 a.m. and it was now after one o'clock , but they were as crisp and well-tailored as if they 'd just stepped on to the plane . |
| 3 | But I think they 'd just gone back for the money creed and once you get that well erm they do n't realize that they could be falling into the trap unless we blokes stand firm now to maintain this standard of living . |
| 4 | Nor with the grumbling of people who did n't want to stand up when they 'd just sat down . |
| 5 | Yes but you , you have to buy the whole album and they had n't got that in , they 'd just sold out . |
| 6 | Well a a a at the time , they 'd just changed over from the erm Tenants ' Development Association , to the Tenants ' Action Group , so it was a bit disorganized to begin with , cos we were still sorting out the , everything from what they 'd left over and things , so , but once we 'd got that all so once they 'd got that all sorted out , yeah , it was . |
| 7 | And so , after they 'd just slipped off to the local registery office in the city , they had left for a brief honeymoon in Paris . |
| 8 | The others were perfectly alright , but they 've just worn out , do you like these ? |
| 9 | At last , a jazz influenced band who do n't try to look as if they 've just stepped out of the pages of Kerouac . |
| 10 | He said they 've just rang up they 're bringing your car . |
| 11 | and people who have responded to circulars that they 've just sent out . |
| 12 | They 've just moved in recently . |
| 13 | Oh no , they 've just run out , yeah . |
| 14 | They 've just gone round . |
| 15 | They 've just gone out . |
| 16 | Go straight in cos they 've just gone in . |
| 17 | They 've just gone off somewhere and left it behind . |
| 18 | ( 4 ) Rigby Electronics ( Harvard OTC ) " They 've just brought out a device for checking whether a credit card belongs to a particular person or not . |
| 19 | L : I was noticing — I was down by Queen Street or+the bottom of Hanover Street or somewhere + and they 've just cleaned up some of the buildings down there + and what a difference it makes + |
| 20 | Inside Nottingham 's Ritzy club in the middle of the afternoon TV production assistants are busy organising blindfolds for a new game they 've just dreamt up called ’ Kiss , Cuddle And Feel ’ for the evening 's show . |
| 21 | Oh they 've just got on well |
| 22 | you know , sometimes people , sort of , look as if they 've just got out of bed ! |
| 23 | we thought oh they 've just got out the guarantee . |
| 24 | and old industrial buildings that they 've just taken over and when there 's a crisis in the housing , the state takes over the schools and uses them as refugee centres |
| 25 | They 're always looking forward to going places they 've just come back from , or regretting doing things they have n't yet done . |
| 26 | A game of tag ( see below ) may well be just the thing ; but if they 've just come in from the playground and that 's what they 've been doing for the last fifteen minutes , it would be a bit of a waste of time . |
| 27 | You 've still got the problem of addressing praise , because quite often you 've only , if you 've given somebody a specific task then it 's easy to praise or not to praise in that situation , but if they 've just come in , done their job and gone home , you know , just sat on a checkout for four hours , right it 's my time to leave , then , if they 've done nothing out of the blue , extraordinary , so they do n't do anything wrong , or , you know . |
| 28 | They 've just come in for ninety three . |
| 29 | Well they 've just come out of the chip pan |
| 30 | He kept forgetting they would write it down : he seems to have thought — most of the time — that they had just turned up for a friendly drink . |