Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] just finished " in BNC.
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1 | The girl had just finished her 28 deliveries on her round and was 30 paces into the alleyway when she heard the running steps of the prowling rapist behind her . |
2 | After graduation I worked in London for a couple of years , but in 1985 a decision had to be made : my husband had just finished a sixmonth intensive training course at the Thatching Advisory Service in Berkshire . |
3 | Her husband had just finished the day 's work at his butcher 's shop and they were settling down to supper . |
4 | David had winked at Juliet as he passed Bobbie 's bed , where the physiotherapist had just finished . |
5 | The undertaker had just finished work for the day when Mr Bumble entered his shop . |
6 | The second mate had just finished preparing breakfast . |
7 | Sales manager had just finished setting up the portable testing gear when an Al Mutlaq representative wanted to buy it . |
8 | The patrol commander had just finished briefing the police on the situation when one of the patrol shouted , ‘ There 's someone in the bank . ’ |
9 | Evidently a class had just finished and the place was boiling with ponies , small children , pink-faced with exertion in oversized helmets covered with bright silks , parents urging them to hurry up and get in cars , and teenage girls bulging out of light jodhpurs organizing the whole . |