Example sentences of "have just [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now I learn that the Foundation has just had to purchase a number of canvases from this very donor for a far from meagre amount . |
| 2 | Paul Downton has just failed to reach a snick by Larry Gomes off Derek Pringle , and the response of Botham and Gower says it all . |
| 3 | Scamp maybe said something to himself then , like ‘ Damn ’ or even ‘ Blast ’ , the sort of thing you would say to yourself when you 'd just missed blowing a policeman 's goolies off with an illegal weapon . |
| 4 | By 10.30pm the contractions were getting even stronger and I was beginning to feel like I 'd just finished running a marathon . |
| 5 | They were watching , because a machine rolling around by itself is something that you do watch , even if you 've just had to climb a tree or hide behind a hedge . |
| 6 | Oh yes , we definitely needed the three points today , you know , before the game we were looking to get three points erm to get one out of it we are disappointed , but as I say , the way we 've played second half , we 've just got to take a bit of heart from the fact that we did n't get beat . |
| 7 | Sometimes you 've just got to take a chance and dive in . ’ |
| 8 | Excuse me a sex , I 've just got to grab a tissue , I seem to have been ‘ dancin ’ sic too hard . |
| 9 | I 've just got to find a record here hang on . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've just got to get a picture of this , ’ he muttered . |
| 11 | ‘ Hold on , ’ came Dad 's voice from inside the pantry , ‘ I 've just got to clear a space . ’ |
| 12 | I buy everything from him but I 've got to buy another tumble dryer erm I 've been drying clothes off in the house and the three men and all them well two of them wearing work wear jeans and the next one that comes in will be wearing jeans , it 's no go I just can not dry stuff off in the house , I 've just got to have a tumble . |
| 13 | ‘ When I wake up in the morning I 've just got to have a packet , ’ she says . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've just got to make a phone call . ’ |
| 15 | Swallow explained ‘ They had a low-key attitude to the region and had just wanted to get a foot in the door . |
| 16 | Some of its humour happened to remind him of his friend Mike Nichols , who had just begun making a career directing plays on Broadway with the hit Neil Simon comedy Barefoot in the Park and Murray Schisgal 's Luv . |
| 17 | The suspicions of the two shore watchers were soon aroused by the activities of the Ann Lynn , one of the local boats which had just arrived to land a party of sea anglers . |
| 18 | It was a full passenger load ; the tourist class was full and Kevin Ryan had just managed to secure a seat in first class . |
| 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 | okay just the coffee that 's lovely she 's just gone to get a book for some homework . |