Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] had just " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It had happened at the rampart by Dr Dunstaple 's house where Cutter had just shot a sepoy the moment before and seen him fall ; at the same instant he had caught sight of another sepoy levelling his musket and had said to the Sikh beside him : " See that man aiming at me , take him down . " |
| 3 | She settled down to my right where Steve had just been sitting . |
| 4 | Several hours later I had not heard anything of the incident , so it seemed likely that the Officer had not reported the matter , or Lovat had just shrugged it off . |
| 5 | The Jew is nothing more than a popular villain ( bear in mind that Marlowe had just had a success with The Jew Of Malta ) . |
| 6 | As she did , Claudia realised , pity mixing with sorrow as she remembered that Dana had just parted with the man she loved . |
| 7 | They also no doubt discussed the album of songs by Sir Noel that Ken had just recorded for HMV . |
| 8 | To ensure that descriptions corresponded to memories for events from the drive that subjects had just completed , as recorded on the video tape , descriptions were eliminated from the analysis if they included no correct details about the actual events at the junction . |
| 9 | My secretary said that Lindsay had just rung to say I should send over the goods ( our agreed coded message ) as soon as possible . |
| 10 | By this time , I understood that Silver had just turned an honest seaman into a pirate . |
| 11 | ‘ That bit 's too short , ’ said the boy looking at the piece of wire that Philip had just cut . |
| 12 | As he finished he sensed that Bigwig had just entered the hall , and knew that they were all together again . |
| 13 | Miranda looked with dismay at the document that Adam had just placed on her white horseshoe-shaped desk . |
| 14 | We turned our ponies and galloped back to the Legation , where we learnt that news had just come in of a great victory for the Shoan army . |
| 15 | The odour of fried bacon surrounded him , and a dirty plate and cutlery , pushed to the corner of the table , showed that Albert had just finished his evening meal . |
| 16 | Tremayne made more than his usual fuss over Fiona , sensing some sort of turmoil , telling her comfortably that Mackie had just come back from Ascot races where he 'd sent a runner for the apprentice race which had proved a total waste of time . |
| 17 | Any more than Sandra had just been a wholesome , beautiful , normal girl looking to settle down . |
| 18 | But the current flush in her cheeks had rather more to do with the boldly appraising way that Guido had just looked at her . |
| 19 | And could that bird that Luke had just swerved to avoid really have been a peacock ? |
| 20 | Fifteen years ago , when Brian and Scarlet had just bought the house next door to Constance , she had regarded the police as her worst enemy , but things had changed . |
| 21 | Once folks had printed a few pages of closely spaced text , the next logical step was to print lots of pages of giant words announcing to the world that Fred and Wilma had just got married , or that winkles were on special offer at only ten bob a pound . |
| 22 | We was in this railway station and Marie had just been to the dentist . |
| 23 | Rob and Heather had just joined them then , and presumably Luke had felt that he had good reason for not wanting to prolong any conversation about Elise . |
| 24 | Golden lads and lasses had just breakfasted on golden toast , a little blackened at the edge in some cases , spread with golden shred or golden syrup . |
| 25 | The hammer had been lying in the garden and Youngs had just picked it up . |
| 26 | She wondered if fate had just punished her for picking wild flowers . |
| 27 | ‘ O Jesus Christ , ’ he said , looking over my shoulder as if JC had just wandered in from the garden , ‘ did you die for this boy ? ’ |
| 28 | I 've worked with them before , you see , ’ he added , in explanation and Teversham had just time to assure him he well understood and would n't himself like to work with anyone else 's squad , before Miss Williams , tears in her eyes , and Francis Morgan , white with distress , bore down on them . |
| 29 | In retaliation , Israel directed heavy artillery bombardments at villages north of the " security zone " , including areas from which Israeli tanks and troops had just withdrawn . |
| 30 | It was November and Jed had just turned twenty-two . |