Example sentences of "[verb] just [verb] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | INTERVIEW / Academician in peril : John Cale , Velvet Underground graduate , has just written an orchestral suite . |
| 2 | Gillian Newsum has just written an excellent book about him and we were lucky enough to be offered an extract to whet your appetite ! |
| 3 | In fact , the Countryside Commission has just announced an imaginative scheme for 12 ‘ community forests ’ on marginal urban fringe farmland . |
| 4 | It 's as if he has just noticed an extra thumb . |
| 5 | ‘ You must think what that means to a German composer who has just become an American citizen in the aftermath of the war , ’ Bamert says . |
| 6 | It has just won an additional franchise in Germany and according to Elstone , the company will move more and more into Europe as the UK market continues to mature . |
| 7 | Holmes looked like a man who has just won an important game . |
| 8 | ‘ His daughter , Cissie , has just had an illegitimate baby , ’ Zelah chimed in . |
| 9 | This blond-haired , blue-eyes , six-foot stunner has just signed an exclusive megga contract with Revlon cosmetics . |
| 10 | At present ( autumn 1989 ) the British education system resembles an ant-hill to which a boot has just administered an energetic kick . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've just received an important telex . |
| 12 | ‘ And that did n't cause what you 've just called an international incident ? ’ |
| 13 | Well it 's , we 've just had an ordinary wash have n't we ? |
| 14 | ‘ I 've just had an urgent radio message from Max Stoner in London . ’ |
| 15 | They looked rather as if they had just raided an old clothes shop , few of the items of their clothing being a match , and for the most part , fitting only where they touched . |
| 16 | Southey himself had just suffered an unpleasant shock of a different kind . |
| 17 | Sybil made a faint tutting noise and shuddered , as if she had just discovered an unpleasant insect on one of her flowers . |
| 18 | By this time , I understood that Silver had just turned an honest seaman into a pirate . |
| 19 | Franco was surprised , he was hard at work , had just reached an important moment in a piece he was composing and did n't want to be interrupted . |
| 20 | Now , many people as they retrieved their fingers from the handshake were likely to tell you that their husband had just fathered an illegitimate child and ask your advice on how to proceed , or offer to give you the telephone number of their analyst/acupuncturist/homeopath/hypnotist who had been so helpful over their drink problem . |
| 21 | He had just delivered an impassioned speech to win friends and financial support for WWF and I was near enough and lucky enough to be introduced to him . |
| 22 | We have just witnessed an old lady 's strangling and a silly tailor imprisoned in squalor who , in a few hours ’ time , will be burnt horribly to death . |
| 23 | Two businessmen have just completed an epic journey which has taken them across the English Channel in a microlight aircraft . |
| 24 | I have just purchased an ex-army Series III ambulance with a trailer . |
| 25 | You have just changed an independent variable . |
| 26 | Eastcote , who have just acquired an Australian coach , Mark McCrea , have a team who are almost entirely the product of their successful colts scheme . |
| 27 | Eastcote , who have just acquired an Australian coach , Mark McCrea , have a team who are almost entirely the product of their successful colts scheme . |
| 28 | He 's just seen an advance video of the programmes which will be shown from later this month . |
| 29 | That 's right , most people with epilepsy they 're much better if they go to sleep and you do n't wake them up , if you wake the person up from a sleep that 's just had an epileptic fit they 'll be vomiting , but if you let them sleep through it then erm , then they 're usually fine . |
| 30 | ‘ If this animal is really Mrs Hampton , ’ said Clovis , ‘ she 's just had an excellent dinner . |