Example sentences of "someone who [vb -s] just " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You look pretty sober for someone who 's just started on whisky , ’ said Sarah as they walked towards the bus stop .
2 It — it hurts , being around someone who 's just killed someone … or hurt them .
3 Trying to dissuade a father from sending his gay teenager to a psychiatrist ; calming someone who 's just been beaten up in a police cell ; sharing someone 's joy at discovering that there 's another lesbian in the next village , all serve to remove some of the complacency which can so easily set in .
4 ‘ The biggest mistake you can make is to go to someone who 's just separated and say , ‘ I 'm glad you left him or her .
5 ‘ That 'd be a clever trick for someone who 's just been blown up . ’
6 Show me a frowning British woman on a beach , and I 'll show someone who 's just spotted a mid-thigh clump the wax did n't reach .
7 As a thousand fists beat as one , Flav , the rap equivalent of The Sugarcubes ' Einar , breaks into his regular spoilt kid routine , jumping up and down like someone who 's just had his pocket money stopped , while the ‘ menacing ’ S1Ws , clad in slick white sailor suits , make an appearance as evacuees from a Person advert .
8 ‘ For someone who 's just attempted something incredibly stupid , you 've got nerve , I will say that , ’ he observed , his gaze flickering to the comb in her white-knuckled fingers .
9 As a thousand fists beat as one , Flav , the rap equivalent of The Sugarcubes ' Einar , breaks into his regular spoilt kid routine , jumping up and down like someone who 's just had his pocket money stopped , while the ‘ menacing ’ S1Ws , clad in slick white sailor suits , make an appearance as evacuees from a Person advert .
10 Neither Mr Bush nor James Baker , his secretary of state ( who talks about Lithuania and Latvia with the visible enthusiasm of someone who has just sucked a lemon ) , can yet bring himself to think anything but the best of Mr Gorbachev , so helpful last year in Europe , so kind this year in the Gulf .
11 The Homicide Act requires evidence that D was provoked to lose self-control : this is wide enough to include things said or done by persons other than the deceased , and acts done against persons other than D ( e.g. where D is provoked to kill someone who has just committed a sexual offence upon D 's son , daughter , wife , etc . ) .
12 I frowned like someone who has just been put on the spot and is afraid of making a fool of himself .
13 Margaret closed the briefcase with a click , like someone who has just completed a sale .
14 This is no time to hesitate , though , for however dazed , withdrawn , emotional , restless , irritable or distant she may seem , she is as urgently in need of help as someone who has just been badly injured in a road accident .
15 And Newton himself exudes the confidence of someone who has just had a shave and put on a fresh shirt .
16 If you know someone who has just passed a very difficult music exam , for instance , you could celebrate their victory by decorating some of their exam piece with a few pressed flowers before framing it and giving it .
17 ‘ The change in joint laxity during pregnancy is analogous to that in someone who has just had surgery on the joints and ligaments : you would n't start that person lifting heavy weights ; you would start with low intensity rehabilitative exercise ’ .
18 Luke 's wedding ring was on the table , close to her hand , and her eyes were wide open , like the eyes of someone who has just woken up .
19 I do not normally give way to someone who has just ambled into the Chamber , but I shall make an exception on this occasion , because I rather like the hon. Gentleman 's florid looks .
20 For example , someone who has just completed a questionnaire ( at T 1 ) on nutrition may have a response to a film on food additives different from that which they would have had in the absence of the questionnaire .
21 As someone who lives just outside Brighton and commutes to Autocar & Motor 's office on the outskirts of Teddington , West London , it 's fitting that I should be the Clio 's new keeper .
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