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

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1 We did we 've just completed we 've done three or four others .
2 But then we 'd just eaten Mars Bars with everything else .
3 Erm , yeah we , we did take direct action and so eventually the ad was dropped , but if we 'd just complained and not taken any action the ad would n't have been dropped .
4 I have accepted part of it , and I 've amended it to ensure that we can overcome the criticisms er that would have been involved if we 'd left it er as it was , er and above all , and I think this is the most important thing , we 've made sure that it will work , er and that it will meet our objectives of getting competition into the franchises , if we 'd just ended up with one great monolithic British Rail , after all each franchise remember will be coming gradually , they wo n't be doing them all at once , there will be one next year , several the year after , and so on , if British Rail had been able to go around and pick them off , and say , Well we can run this now in the future much better than we 've done it in the past , so we 'll bid , and we 'll bid a low bid , that really would n't have been getting fair and proper competition into the system , so what i what I 've done is ensured , as I 've done all the way through in this bill in accepting amendments , that we make sure we achieve our objectives , and that above all it 's workable , the , as it was it would n't as it was the Paignton amendment would n't have been workable , because there would have been total chaos and confusion
5 And can I tell you , that if we 'd just done Covermaster , somebody could have picked up a point there .
6 I wish we 'd just done that .
7 I 've often speculated since on what would have happened if we 'd just given ourselves up at this point .
8 We 'd just totalled a couple of teenage boys .
9 We 'd just moved in when we discovered we had a mouse in the kitchen .
10 But we nearly fainted when we asked which cottage — it was the one we 'd just moved out of ! —
11 stayed and Andy 's and we 'd just gone over to the shops and .
12 I mean , we 'd just gone straight away well in fact , we fell asleep down here that 's why we went .
13 At in we 'd just turned round the corner and it conked out .
14 We 'd just had some done for our engagement .
15 We 'd just settled him along the back seat when I realised that he would need some money .
16 ‘ And we 'd just bought a new car . ’
17 No , we 'd just bought it .
18 Well we 'd just unpacked it and we 're just looking at it and mummy said oh where 's John ?
19 We then voted on a lengthy Liberal resolution er , it was amended by Labour we voted on all of the separate points in the resolution , all were agreed and then Professor decided that he wanted to move a further amendment which after some consultation , some discussion with the legal people about it 's validity , he did which wiped out all of the things that we 'd just agreed and we turned to the original Conservative motion minus the beginning phrase and with a couple of things stuck on at the end and we thought well that 's it the Conservatives will vote for that , but no although it was their own motion in all but name , the Conservatives would n't vote for that unless Mr was allowed to move it .
20 I thought we 'd just agreed ?
21 We 'd just got married .
22 Next thing they were down with the measuring up and we 'd just got a four thousand pound rate bill !
23 Cos the back end you know is is slightly higher than the front end and we 'd just got it in and the front was about that so it was n't gon na Oh well can you imagine the perspiration there would be ,
24 If we 'd just attacked they 'd have killed you immediately , so I thought it best to try and get you to a safer distance before anything happened . ’
25 In fact , she dismissed it with one word — ‘ rubbish ’ — but we 'd just started the show when there was a loud bang .
26 We 'd just started talking about all that when the rowboat tipped over .
27 No we 'd just picked up Christine from her friend 's house and I had sort of half a dozen people
28 Obvious cracks soared to the left and right , reminiscent of Fairhead in Antrim , but I craved subtlety after the brutal corner we 'd just climbed .
29 We 'd just finished decorating the room .
30 Squiffy everywhere and erm that night the evening activity was tobogganing and we 'd just finished all this wine .
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