Example sentences of "[conj] i had just [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very fortunately , for goldfinches and linnets , I soon discovered , happened to be two of the reserve 's commonest species and it would have been akin to rushing out to tell my neighbours back home that I had just seen a sparrow in the yard . |
| 2 | Ben and I had just given a recital in Vienna . |
| 3 | Although surgery was a mutilation , and I had just lost a kidney , that seemed nothing compared with the loss of a beautiful head of hair . |
| 4 | He looked down at me as if he were a giant and I had just climbed a beanstalk . |
| 5 | Feeling as if I had just won a gold medal , I ran home , carefully examined my treasure to find that the ‘ bone ’ handle was only painted tin . |
| 6 | ( I must tell here the story of a charming American lady who approached me when I had just given a talk on regression therapy . |