Example sentences of "what had just " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody was yet greatly concerned about the poverty of what had just been called the Third World . |
| 2 | And so in the blazing heat of the next day Martha was supplied with a small replica of the new green , black and gold Jamaican flag and hoisted on to her stepfather 's shoulders at the gates of what had just ceased to be the colonial governor 's mansion , to see a small erect figure in the back of a Rolls-Royce drive slowly away . |
| 3 | He asked to switch her mind to something else , and because it was essential to leave the autobahn after what had just happened . |
| 4 | A sense that what had just happened involved her in some way made her pull herself together and run down on to the course where racecourse attendants were already putting up a screen . |
| 5 | So the possibility was that the leadership there , if any , would not be fully aware of what had just developed . |
| 6 | Having set out to demonstrate how , through its understanding of the structure of history , Marxism was in a position to forecast the future , he came to the conclusion that there was no guarantee that history could promise anything better that what had just passed . |
| 7 | But Ron Evans 's new concept for our programme , based on a degree of informality — with always space left at the end for viewers ' reaction to what had just been seen — and the new style of chatty presentation changed things . |
| 8 | If that 's what had just happened . |
| 9 | At the death , Mike Procter , the South African coach , stood ashen-faced and speechless for a full 10 minutes on the pavilion steps , unable to take in what had just transpired . |
| 10 | If he had regretted his kiss the evening before , how on earth was he going to view what had just happened between them ? |
| 11 | It was only when he had followed Cornelius most of the way across the room that the significance of what had just happened dawned on him . |
| 12 | Sapped of all energy , Belinda fell listlessly through the door , let it drift shut behind her and slumped on the bed , utterly confused about what had just happened . |
| 13 | How dare he look so composed , so unaffected by what had just happened between them , when her own stomach felt as if it were the epicentre of an earthquake ? |
| 14 | Kate told him what had just happened in Jason 's office . |
| 15 | Prentice turned his head to see what had just missed him , making the finger-rubbing gesture and whispering ‘ Puss … puss … ’ which is something I 've noticed a lot of people who have n't met Springsteen do . |
| 16 | But what had just happened had nothing to do with etiquette : Antonio Crepi had made it clear that for him , and by extension for the whole of the Perugia that mattered , Zen had ceased to exist . |