Example sentences of "who has just [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Damn ! ’ she said , like a tennis player who has just lost a point . |
2 | It was in the stale stink of the sports hall at Pont Llanfraith leisure centre that he at last looked like a loser : hands thrust deep in the pockets of his best suit , face set solid with emotion , like a football manager who has just lost the Cup Final . |
3 | A friend who has just seen a Don Ameche movie informs the local doctor of the plot : ‘ He worked in his basement discovering things . |
4 | We speak here of a man who has just completed a season in which he won four USPGA Tour events and more than $1,000,000 to finish second on the money list behind Greg Norman . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Last week Dr Feeney , who has just completed a lecture tour of the States , let it be known he would not be seeking the SDLP nomination to contest the Oldpark ward in North Belfast . |
7 | Margaret closed the briefcase with a click , like someone who has just completed a sale . |
8 | The director of Knossos 2000 , Dr Ken Wardle , who has many years experience of digging in Greece and who has just completed the excavation of the prehistoric settlement of Assiros Toumba in Macedonia , commenting on the importance of the project , told The Art Newspaper , ‘ Apart from the potential of the site itself , the project will provide an opportunity to focus research on the history and archaeology of Roman provincial cities in Greece , which have largely been neglected in favour of those of the Classical and Hellenistic periods ’ . |
9 | He was goggling at the First Spiritualists like a medieval alchemist who has just raised the Devil . |
10 | KEEP AWAY FROM THE EDGE Anyone who has just missed a bus is experiencing stress , but will get over it quickly . |
11 | But the needs of a child who has just vacated a cot and , say , a sturdy 12-year-old are very different and ideally beds should be changed as a child grows , about every four or five years . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Bristow , who has just regained the world No.1 ranking and was chasing a fifth title , lost 3-1 . |
14 | Robyn turns to face a man who has just entered the shop : tall , heavily built , with bushy sideboards and moustache , a sheepskin coat open over his three-piece suit . |
15 | I think it would be well worth involving , who has just started a year at Selly Oak — his letter attached . |
16 | The star , who has just enjoyed a hit with the old Smiths hit How Soon Is Now ? , suffers from bouts of depression . |
17 | I 'm not naive , I know others will make more be back with more bids because he 's such a top -class goal scorer , ’ says the manager , who has just signed a contract keeping him at Hillsborough for the same time as Hirst . |
18 | Somebody who has just had a trick played on them by Anancy ? |
19 | If this is doubted , try to write a set of objectives , including criteria for assessment , for the psychological care of an elderly middle class lady who has just had a colostomy performed . |
20 | And Newton himself exudes the confidence of someone who has just had a shave and put on a fresh shirt . |
21 | By 1030 hours the Wall patrol has completed its escort task and is free to assist an Engineer Corporal who has just had a collision in his car with an East German in the Soviet Sector . |
22 | How does it make someone like a woman who has just had an abortion feel having to go to a lavatory to express her grief in tears ? |