Example sentences of "[conj] [indef pn] had just " in BNC.
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| 1 | A roar of falling water as a door opened and closed indicated that someone had just emerged from the lavatory . |
| 2 | She read it idiotically at least three times , until she 'd convinced herself there was no hidden psychological message in the bare statement of fact , and then realised that someone had just come in the front door of the flat and was moving around in the hall . |
| 3 | Jessamy felt the touch of his lips again and shivered deeply , as if someone had just walked over her grave . |
| 4 | His chest hurt and he felt sick , as if someone had just kicked him in the gut . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh no , ’ she said , ‘ oh no , ’ in a shocked , incredulous way as if someone had just slapped her in the face . |
| 6 | He looked as if someone had just hung a mop on his nose . |
| 7 | And someone had just stubbed a cigarette out in Niki 's cake . |
| 8 | He sort of bounced off the wall as if he was on a piece of elastic and someone had just yanked it from the other end . |
| 9 | The hearth had been very badly damaged in Georgian times and somebody had just dug a pit straight through the middle of it , perhaps for drainage . |
| 10 | as if something had just occurred to her , Bella turned her head to look at Marie : ‘ Must be a bit of a shock to you an ’ all . |
| 11 | She had a little pug-like dog who wore an expression of perpetual outrage , its eyes bulging as though someone had just said something unforgivable to it . |
| 12 | He looked , she thought , as though someone had just kicked him hard in the stomach . |
| 13 | ‘ As though someone had just scrubbed the place out . |
| 14 | Fran felt as though someone had just knocked the breath out of her and fought to speak . |