Example sentences of "have just [verb] [prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Milton can not lift Satan to such great heights and put such great speeches in his mouth and then snatch them back denying in his authorial intrusions what he has just proclaimed through his character . |
| 2 | The first was a scene where Johnny has just cheated on his girlfriend Yvonne , and a tell-tale pair of panties falls out on to the floor . |
| 3 | The Chief Engineer , was on the dawn watch and shook me with a cup of tea at daybreak saying , " Hey Ron , I think that boat we wanted has just passed on her way into Poole . " |
| 4 | Charles Darwin , for Dregs Ale , from the public bar at the Dodo Agogo Inn : Joseph Hooker has just triumphed in his debate with Bishop ( Soapy Sam ) Wilberforce over Darwin 's Origin of Species . |
| 5 | Class 37 No 37234 pulls forward through the disused station at Tondu on 15 April 1982 , having just run round its train of MDVs carrying coal from Garw to Ogmore . |
| 6 | ‘ With all you 've just said on my mind ? |
| 7 | It is gated open when it binds to molecules of acetylcholine , and in accord with what I 've just said about its selectivity , it 's a non-selective cation channel . |
| 8 | I 've just heard about your husband … . ’ |
| 9 | I 've just called for her money . |
| 10 | We 've just come from her house . ’ |
| 11 | In a more general sense I am fascinated by some of the things you 've just mentioned in your introduction , the question of continuity in German history , how we , how this marvellous nation , the nation of Beethoven and Wagner and Marx and Freud , actually finishes up going to war twice against its European neighbours , and in the Second World War in particular committing these awful atrocities . |
| 12 | I 've just got into my college 's riding team and am over the moon at this exciting prospect . |
| 13 | Billy and Paul had just disembarked from their tour bus after a 17-hour journey from the previous night 's gig supporting Rush in Fort Worth , Texas , and were on their way to play in St Louis the next evening . |
| 14 | They had just gone to their bedroom , leaving friends and relatives at the reception downstairs , when the alarm was raised at 1am . |
| 15 | In fact , facing page 119 , there it was , with Westerby duly posing in front as though it were an animal he had just hunted to its death . |
| 16 | The Exec Director gave the DDA a number that he had just received from his bureau chief in London . |
| 17 | How could she spend Roman 's money so lavishly when she had just parted from her lover ? |
| 18 | Her whole family had been involved with the tradition for generations : she had just ridden with her daughter in the procession in a decorated pony and trap ; her son-in-law was the new polemaster ; and her grandson was dancing round the maypole . |
| 19 | He had just glanced at his wristwatch , to discover that Cunningham 's arrival still lay approximately two replays of Little Brown Jug in the future , when a woman slid onto the next bar-stool to his and said : ‘ Hello , Harry , ’ in a tone of husky confidence which suggested they had been lifelong friends . |
| 20 | As I was typing these words , a young friend phoned to tell me about the wonderful summer holiday he had just had with his father . |
| 21 | Tunney had just slipped into his Richie Quick projection and gone indream expecting a swiftkick runaround the cliche track with a preordained victory at the end . |
| 22 | A little further away was a young woman who had just arrived on her horse , with her maid on foot . |
| 23 | Franks had just arrived with his secretary and was still in the shop . |
| 24 | Abe Abramson , who fought blazes during the Blitz of Liverpool , had just arrived at his son-in-law 's shop to help his daughter when the attack happened . |
| 25 | Jessamy felt the touch of his lips again and shivered deeply , as if someone had just walked over her grave . |
| 26 | At a conservative estimate they had cost considerably more than she had just paid for her night 's lodging . |
| 27 | He told police many people hated working in the hangar and the thought had just come into his head that something had to be done . |
| 28 | Barry Glenn , assistant manager at Perry 's Brasserie in Darlington , had just returned to his home in Harris Street on Sunday night when a raider struck . |
| 29 | Robbie and the dog had just returned from their stroll and she was about to lock up and go below for the night when a sound from the towpath caught her attention . |
| 30 | He had just settled in his seat for the 10-hour journey from the Caribbean , when the captain called for a doctor . |