Example sentences of "have just be " in BNC.
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1 | I feel an opting-out system would be probably less distressing to the donor 's relatives ( who may find an approach for donation insensitive when they have just been told of an — often — unexpected death ) . |
2 | ‘ I have been called many things by my political opponents , but I have just been given the kiss of death . ’ |
3 | A group of people have just been arrested by the railway Cheka for trying to travel without tickets , yet our peasant notes how the wife of a Roslavl' party member flourishes an authorization for a free pass typed out on a Tsarist form . |
4 | The others have just been a job . |
5 | The emphasis at this committee is on records which have just been released , or which are about to be released . |
6 | Also , Youth Worker lunches — monthly gatherings at the FYT office — have just been launched . |
7 | He went on : ‘ They are normally engaged in planning non-emergency journeys but since there have not been any it was felt that they have just been sitting around socialising when others are working long hours . |
8 | 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 . ’ |
9 | I have just been watching on television the final scenes from the Royal Shakespeare Company 's performance of Nicholas Nickleby . |
10 | A pair of French burr stones have just been removed from the mill , as well as the bedstone of the other pair . |
11 | The lecture theatre resonates like a drum with the chatter of a hundred-odd students , all talking at once , as if they have just been released from solitary confinement . |
12 | To believe that you have just been incredibly stupid . |
13 | She is simply an older version of the woman you have just been talking to , and so the farce goes into Round Two with defeat for the customer the only possible outcome . |
14 | For they have just been faced with the prospect of losing £1 million of the money they have to spend on research this year . |
15 | In fact I have just been looking at a place in South Audley Street , not far from Mattli . |
16 | CONTACT GROUPS These are usually for people who have a particular social problem in common or have just been through a similar trauma , like divorce or bereavement . |
17 | This brings us to rule five : only ever praise somebody ( a ) in order to condemn someone else ( ‘ Danny Baker is genuinely witty and not childish like so many Radio 1 ‘ personalities ' ’ ) or ( b ) if they have just been sacked ( ‘ I found the previous presenters stylish , informed and witty , creating just the right atmosphere . |
18 | ‘ Would you mind telling me where you have just been , and where you are going ? ’ |
19 | Later , at home , my Dad puts up another five shelves in my bedroom to display the trophies that have just been delivered by Securicor . |
20 | ( Alternatively , you could pretend that you have just been beamed down from outer space and that you do not understand a word that he is saying — which is at least partly true ! ) |
21 | The shelter sees many dogs which have just been dumped on Dartmoor — a favourite spot for ‘ losing ’ pets , as the wilderness has few witnesses . |
22 | I have just been dreadfully belaboured in the London Magazine . |
23 | ‘ Then perhaps you should take what I have just been saying even more seriously . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | ‘ But I have just been to America , where England will play a big tournament next summer against the US , Brazil and Germany . |
26 | The letter ( the one we have just been talking about , the one that arrived by post this morning , the one containing Aunt Kitty 's cheque … ) is in the drawer ( the one in the desk , the one in the dressing table upstairs , the one in the kitchen where we always put the post … ) . |
27 | Many firms have just been hanging on . |
28 | Exposure drafts of ethical guidance on those topics have just been the subject of extensive consultation . |
29 | Have just been reading the book of Joel . |
30 | Indeed , as I write this , I have just been watching on television Lord Denning declaring with self-satisfaction that he puts all such letters straight into the wastepaper basket . |