Example sentences of "just [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says : ‘ It is a very valuable function because it helps people who are unemployed or have just been made redundant to do something which is worthwhile . |
| 2 | I 've just been made redundant after 30 years as an engineer with British Telecom . ’ |
| 3 | He 'd just been made redundant , and none of the two of us are sleeping at night . |
| 4 | They probably thought , at that time of the afternoon , that I 'd just been made redundant . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The kid gets on his bicycle ; for a few moments he wears the expression of someone who had just been made aware of his own mortality . |
| 7 | If the nodes are numbered in order of creation , and a node has just been declared inactive ( for any reason ) , the next one to be developed should be the highest numbered active ( = most recently created ) node . |
| 8 | Southend pumps its sewage into the sea after primary treatment ; the beach at Westcliff has just been called unsuitable for swimming by the Heinz Good Beach Guide . |
| 9 | On the way , he met a distressed group of Picts : one of their number had just been eaten alive by a monster in the lake . |
| 10 | Rupert , who 'd just been appointed Tory Minister for Sport , eyed Mrs Sherwood back . |
| 11 | It 's erm it 's been very interesting actually this last month because erm talk about your sons joining the enemy erm my second son who 's been up in Cheshire for well , twenty years I suppose he 's just been appointed senior art adviser for Devon . |
| 12 | The timing was opportune because Ned was able to take a year out from his university course ; Matthew had just finished school ; Val got 6 months ’ leave of absence from her job ; and I had just been given early retirement . |
| 13 | I 've just been let loose in the big bad world and I 'm scared to death ! |
| 14 | Back at the scene of the burglary , I can remember thinking next , ‘ Oh well , I suppose I can re-wrap some of the parcels that have just been torn open ; I suppose I could use cash instead for some of the presents that have gone ; there is some way that I can cope with this . ’ |
| 15 | And the Trust has just been awarded six-figure funding from the International Fund for Ireland ( IFI ) for a new block at Glebe House . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It will just be left blank for the whole of the time . |