Example sentences of "had just [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The journey I had just completed in the Arussi had been the first I had undertaken in the highlands of Abyssinia . |
| 2 | He had just ploughed through seven Seahawks . |
| 3 | Billy and Paul had just disembarked from their tour bus after a 17-hour journey from the previous night 's gig supporting Rush in Fort Worth , Texas , and were on their way to play in St Louis the next evening . |
| 4 | They also no doubt discussed the album of songs by Sir Noel that Ken had just recorded for HMV . |
| 5 | The sun had just appeared over the treeline , as blond as clarified butter but powerful none the less , hinting at the furnace-heat to come . |
| 6 | Lawton had just appeared in what looked like an operating theatre , standing motionless in the corner as though an actual operation was in progress and he was an unwelcome intruder . |
| 7 | It was like telling someone they had just lost at Russian roulette . |
| 8 | England had just lost to Spain . |
| 9 | Try walking into that dressing-room after they had just lost by an innings . |
| 10 | In fact Waugh had just written to him as a stranger to thank him for his ‘ ingenious and delightful allegory ’ — his gratitude all the warmer because , as he flatteringly remarks , he had tried to buy a copy and found it sold out . |
| 11 | From a letter to my mother dated 2 May , which has escaped destruction , it is clear that I had just written to Eliot explaining that I realized the undesirability of publication , unless indeed Rowse himself were prepared to give it his endorsement . |
| 12 | That meant that as well as the cheque she had just written for her first month 's rent on her new accommodation , she would have to find three months ' mortgage from somewhere . |
| 13 | Forget , who had just gone through the last of countless body punches from Noah , ( who throughout , worked just as hard to encourage his players as they did to respond to him ) literally ran from his seat , round the net to the far baseline in readiness to serve . |
| 14 | She had gone to give pregnant niece Dawn Morgan a lift to hospital — and Dawn had just gone into labour . |
| 15 | I was working for a yarn firm who had just gone into the marketing of coned yarns — unfortunately they did not stay the course . |
| 16 | I had just gone down the road when the bomb went off . |
| 17 | Assistant Chief Constable David Mellor , aged 52 , who is shortly to take up a post as deputy chief constable of South Wales , had just gone to bed when a device planted below the window of a living room exploded at 1.20am . |
| 18 | He and his wife had just gone to bed . |
| 19 | Undoubtedly , such a milestone was passed in December 1965 , when the recently appointed Monsignor Harris , who at that time had just gone to London as the Senior Roman Catholic Chaplain to the prison service , was invited by the holy see , to become an Auxiliary Bishop in his native diocese of Liverpool . |
| 20 | On another occasion , Mr Reynolds had just gone to bed when he had the feeling that there was a fire on the site . |
| 21 | ‘ All that 's fine , ’ I said , though I was n't particularly interested in the vows of a child who had just gone to boarding school . |
| 22 | She had just gone to pieces and she had caused it all herself . |
| 23 | They had just gone to their bedroom , leaving friends and relatives at the reception downstairs , when the alarm was raised at 1am . |
| 24 | In fact on the day they signed the contracts with Wonderland for the King 's Hall they had just gone to No 1 in the charts with their new album . |
| 25 | Mr Abramson , of Shirley Road , Allerton , said last night : ‘ I had just gone to the off-licence to help my daughter Trudie while her husband went for his tea . |
| 26 | In the immortal phrase that heralds so many climbs , we had just gone for a look . |
| 27 | What Razumikhm had just said about Porfiry also disturbed him . |
| 28 | They had just risen to their feet when a strident voice exclaimed , ‘ Well , will you look who 's here … ? ’ |
| 29 | Seeing the British soldiers , the startled men sat and ate though they had just risen from a complete meal . |
| 30 | Maggie had just stepped onto that floor when there was a sudden miaow ! |