Example sentences of "[conj] someone had just " in BNC.

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1 A roar of falling water as a door opened and closed indicated that someone had just emerged from the lavatory .
2 She read it idiotically at least three times , until she 'd convinced herself there was no hidden psychological message in the bare statement of fact , and then realised that someone had just come in the front door of the flat and was moving around in the hall .
3 Jessamy felt the touch of his lips again and shivered deeply , as if someone had just walked over her grave .
4 His chest hurt and he felt sick , as if someone had just kicked him in the gut .
5 ‘ Oh no , ’ she said , ‘ oh no , ’ in a shocked , incredulous way as if someone had just slapped her in the face .
6 He looked as if someone had just hung a mop on his nose .
7 And someone had just stubbed a cigarette out in Niki 's cake .
8 He sort of bounced off the wall as if he was on a piece of elastic and someone had just yanked it from the other end .
9 She had a little pug-like dog who wore an expression of perpetual outrage , its eyes bulging as though someone had just said something unforgivable to it .
10 He looked , she thought , as though someone had just kicked him hard in the stomach .
11 ‘ As though someone had just scrubbed the place out .
12 Fran felt as though someone had just knocked the breath out of her and fought to speak .
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