Example sentences of "[vb past] just finished [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd just finished filling the hip flask when it went dark in the bar as a truck pulled up at the traffic lights outside . |
| 2 | and I 'd just finished training as a nurse and I thought I was really cool and calm and I would of reported it , but I did n't |
| 3 | He 'd just finished helping with the dishes when he decided it was time for high-jinks in the sink . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd just finished editing The Dairy Book of Home Management , which eventually sold 1.5m copies , and I was living in the Kings Road . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ And when I was born , he 'd just finished reading Eastern Approaches by Fitzroy Maclean . |
| 6 | We 'd just finished decorating the room . |
| 7 | By 10.30pm the contractions were getting even stronger and I was beginning to feel like I 'd just finished running a marathon . |
| 8 | Joe appeared , looking as if he 'd just finished knocking the Army into shape , and the Navy as well . |
| 9 | ‘ I see , ’ said April , laying aside the sock she 'd just finished darning . |
| 10 | I had just finished building a 16-track studio in my house and asked him to come and have a go on that equipment that even the very big studios did n't have . |
| 11 | The Hereford , Hay and Brecon Railway was completed by Welsh contractor Thomas Savin — who had just finished building the main line through Welshpool — and opened in stages between 1863 and 1864 . |
| 12 | Sales manager had just finished setting up the portable testing gear when an Al Mutlaq representative wanted to buy it . |
| 13 | The patrol commander had just finished briefing the police on the situation when one of the patrol shouted , ‘ There 's someone in the bank . ’ |
| 14 | She had left herself the early part of the evening free , and she had just finished dressing when Florian and Nicky dropped in to show her some new photos of the fair South African child who went by the name of Joni Jones , Florian having insisted on the first and the name with which he had replaced his original , paradoxically both more and less ordinary name , having been legalised in both countries whose passports he held , the United Kingdom and South Africa . |
| 15 | She had just finished dressing when the telephone rang . |
| 16 | Having given herself a good talking to , and feeling ashamed of her misplaced , foolish pride , Laura made her way into the twins ' small bedroom , where Ross had just finished telling them a story . |
| 17 | She had just finished combing her hair when the housekeeper returned carrying a lightweight metal crutch , and began diffidently , ‘ Signorina , I thought perhaps … ’ |
| 18 | That pompous skitch John Yeovil had just finished reading out the Best Dream nominations . |
| 19 | Fifty miles north , Sarah Morgan had just finished serving a lunch that no one had done more than pick at . |
| 20 | I had just finished serving a glass to a gentleman when a voice behind me said : ‘ Ah , Stevens , you 're interested in fish , you say . ’ |
| 21 | As she turned away , Rona , who had just finished serving , came and stood in front of him . |
| 22 | Finally , Mrs Popple decided to throw a dinner-plate — they had just finished eating — and Albert Popple stormed out of the house . |
| 23 | Two monsters had just finished eating . |
| 24 | He had just finished coaching Portugal , a side based heavily on Cascais players , at the World Cup Sevens qualifiers in Catania . |
| 25 | He had just finished telephoning his wife , having remembered rather belatedly that he was due to help out that evening with the village concert . |
| 26 | The headmaster , who had just finished dispensing multiracial condescension to Mr Patel and was now turning gratefully to Dr and Mrs Frome , gazed with ill-disguised apprehension in the direction of Mr McWhirter . |
| 27 | Dad and Pop had built a garage and had just finished laying a concrete drive . |
| 28 | She had just finished drinking her tea when the door opened and Roman came purposefully towards her . |
| 29 | DAMIEN HOPLEY had just finished celebrating his Twickenham triumph with Cambridge on Tuesday when a phone call from London coach Tony Jorden sent him dashing off to get in another round . |
| 30 | A group of people had just finished haytiming at a farm called Pikestone , in Holwick , and began to cross the swing bridge across the Tees . |