Example sentences of "just been [v-ing] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd just been trying to squeeze a split-shot on to his line and it had popped out of his fingers . |
| 2 | If Albany speaks , it suggests an attempt to reassert authority he has just been trying to give away ( as Gurr proposes about as upbeat a close as leaving Denmark in Fortinbras 's control ) . |
| 3 | If he 'd just been trying to clear the hell out , then it meant there were probably other FAKINTIL escapers at large who had n't been able to make it back to the mountains either . |
| 4 | She had probably just been getting dressed when he knocked . |
| 5 | Behind him the door of the house whose occupant he had just been interviewing had been dosed with considerable firmness . |
| 6 | But what we 've just been saying makes me ask if even that is going too far . |
| 7 | The clang of a sword blade ringing on the stones where she had just been standing made the order unnecessary . |
| 8 | That 's right , and , and the first act of the play is a rehearsal and it keeps stopping and the director keeps sort of straightening them out and they 're dealing with little problems , and when you 're actually rehearsing it you find yourself sort of repeating the play because it 's so ac Michael Frayn who wrote it has so accurately observed what happens er when you 're directing a play that er you find yourself re-enacting the play and , and suddenly find a discussion you 've just been having has part sounds as if it 's come out of the script . |