Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] 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 | She settled down to my right where Steve had just been sitting . |
| 3 | The Jew is nothing more than a popular villain ( bear in mind that Marlowe had just had a success with The Jew Of Malta ) . |
| 4 | As she did , Claudia realised , pity mixing with sorrow as she remembered that Dana had just parted with the man she loved . |
| 5 | They also no doubt discussed the album of songs by Sir Noel that Ken had just recorded for HMV . |
| 6 | My secretary said that Lindsay had just rung to say I should send over the goods ( our agreed coded message ) as soon as possible . |
| 7 | By this time , I understood that Silver had just turned an honest seaman into a pirate . |
| 8 | ‘ That bit 's too short , ’ said the boy looking at the piece of wire that Philip had just cut . |
| 9 | As he finished he sensed that Bigwig had just entered the hall , and knew that they were all together again . |
| 10 | Miranda looked with dismay at the document that Adam had just placed on her white horseshoe-shaped desk . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Any more than Sandra had just been a wholesome , beautiful , normal girl looking to settle down . |
| 14 | But the current flush in her cheeks had rather more to do with the boldly appraising way that Guido had just looked at her . |
| 15 | And could that bird that Luke had just swerved to avoid really have been a peacock ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | We was in this railway station and Marie had just been to the dentist . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The hammer had been lying in the garden and Youngs had just picked it up . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It was November and Jed had just turned twenty-two . |
| 24 | And er , I walked , I said oh hello er , cos Mike had just gone , he 'd gone and er , I said oh one coffee there for you , he said thanks very much it 's most generous of you . |
| 25 | If Jack had just returned in pristine health from a month at a health farm he might still have had trouble in coping with two of his partners . |
| 26 | He and Diana had just returned from an exhausting tour of America , plugging Britain and British industry at every turn . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | So we were back before the firebox , exhausted and happy , and Laura had just shut down the kiln , when Edward came round into the yard again . |
| 29 | Jesus , Saint Peter and James and John had just been on the mountain top at the site of the transfiguration , a high point in the gospel story , and right on the heels of that they descended into the valley below and there was a crowd with Jesus ' others disciples . |
| 30 | Each of us carries an unreliable ankle for instance , and Tony had just given his a jolt . |