Example sentences of "who have just been " in BNC.
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| 1 | I drove into the mouth of a carnivorous wave with the reckless abandon of a man who has just been given a week to live . |
| 2 | I frowned like someone who has just been put on the spot and is afraid of making a fool of himself . |
| 3 | The child who has just been away from the room has to guess who is the murderer . |
| 4 | This is no time to hesitate , though , for however dazed , withdrawn , emotional , restless , irritable or distant she may seem , she is as urgently in need of help as someone who has just been badly injured in a road accident . |
| 5 | The case of the chartered accountant who has just been found guilty of a serious reckless driving offence only came to the Institute 's attention by chance , when an Investigation Committee member heard about it on the radio . |
| 6 | It 's like offering an elastoplast to somebody who has just been disembowelled . |
| 7 | Robert Burke , a Hartley regular , is Bill McCabe , a small-time conman who has just been dumped by his girl . |
| 8 | South Africa have named for the same job , not a professional journalist , but Dr. Nick Labuschagne , a man who has just been ousted as President of the Natal Rugby Union . |
| 9 | Ms Achtenberg is an avowed lesbian who has just been confirmed as an assistant secretary in the department of Housing and Urban Development . |
| 10 | A couple of hours after drafting this , I receive a call from a local health visitor asking advice about a child who has just been diagnosed . |
| 11 | He looked like an airline passenger who has just been told that all four engines on his 747 have just failed . |
| 12 | When Creed called , Jed was watching a news report about a vulture who 'd just been arrested on a murder charge . |
| 13 | Rupert , who 'd just been appointed Tory Minister for Sport , eyed Mrs Sherwood back . |
| 14 | ‘ The look on your face was like a naughty schoolgirl who 'd just been caught with a stolen pie . |
| 15 | They got the idea when Rex , who 'd just been made redundant , was talking to a friend of his who was also out of work . |
| 16 | ‘ I think it does have something to do with drugs , because if you look at all those Spiral Tribe people who 've just been on E for so long , y'know ? |
| 17 | " Take the Tran family over there who 've just been introduced to your father , for instance . |
| 18 | Er who 've just been walking along the road . |
| 19 | This included £329,000 to Iroquois , covering fees over the four-and-a-half months that he chaired Eagle , £33,000 to Iroquois ' lawyer and two blank cheques for £250,000 presented to Richard Smith and Clive Whiley , who had just been sacked as directors of Eagle . |
| 20 | It was his grandson who , in 1831 , enlisted the help of a Lambton , who had just been made Earl of Durham , to prove his claim to the Earldom of Perth . |
| 21 | Our fathers , who had just been demobbed , struggled to build |
| 22 | When Professor Aldini applied galvanism to the face of a felon who had just been cut down from the gallows , |
| 23 | After 87 minutes Luton 's woe was complete as Sharp headed in a cross from Bernard , who had just been denied by another splendid stop from Chamberlain . |
| 24 | Everyone put on their coats and crowded to the gate with that mixture of patronage and curiosity reserved by old prisoners for those who had just been shot down . |
| 25 | 30th March 1808 ‘ saw a woman on Blackfriar 's Bridge who had just been killed by a horse which had run away — the horse was stopped just about half way between that market and the bridge , drank tea and supped with Mr. Hills — Mr. Pyne was there — met Mr. Reinagle ’ . |
| 26 | By that time I was working as a registrar in an infectious diseases hospital and had been called out to see a very ill child who had just been admitted to the unit . |
| 27 | Five minutes later , he was joined by a UDA officer who had just been arrested . |
| 28 | Debbie hesitated , wondering how she could refuse somebody who had just been so helpful ; but she did . |
| 29 | But her terrifying three-hour ordeal ended when police overpowered Khamton Omvaree , in his thirties — who had just been freed from a 10-year sentence under a royal amnesty . |
| 30 | ‘ It could be the killer was somebody who had just been passing by the apartment block . ’ |