Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] have just " in BNC.
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1 | He giggles a sudden twit-giggle as if I 've just farted and scrunches up his flipping funny face as if the stitches in some private part have just popped open , and at that moment he is the very image of a nervous comic wreak . |
2 | They all knew that The Hooded Owl had just survived a great crisis . |
3 | Whatever its merits , however , it will have to live in the shadow of W T Stearn , whose magisterial Stearn 's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners is already out in a revised edition ( Cassell , 1992 , £16.99 , 0 304 34149 5 ) , and whose Botanical Latin has just appeared in a 4th edition ( David & Charles , £25 0 7153 0052 0 ) . |
4 | — that British Aerospace has just won for 20 RJ70s that is especially designed for the United States market and fills a niche that no one else could have filled ? |
5 | What the hon. Lady has just said is astonishing . |
6 | There 's a very interesting issue has just come up actually 'cause we 're having this fashion show . |
7 | If you are confident that he has been so immersed in his chattering that he has n't a clue what has just been said , turn to him and say : " A very interesting point has just been raised ; what is your opinion , Mr C. ? " |
8 | May I endorse most vigorously what my hon. Friend has just said about the benefits of NHS trusts operating within the health service . |
9 | My hon. Friend has just referred to the car industry 's exports during the past few years , and especially this year , which reflect the quality of the product and the improvements in manufacturing technology . |
10 | I could not pay a more eloquent testimony to the doctor than my hon. Friend has just paid . |
11 | I understand that my right hon. Friend has just been to Oman , so perhaps he can give the House some information . |
12 | The point that my hon. Friend has just made might explain why , if there is uncertainty in Scotland , there is also uncertainty among Scottish Liberal party members . |
13 | I hoped it was just a passing phase , sparked off by her catching me fooling around in the Plaster Room , and thanked my guardian angel for the way Old Red had just covered up for me . |
14 | Because erm the er the purpose of these regulations which er my old friend has just eluded to and I s I I and I have myself , is to extend to the citizens of other member states of the European union who are resident here , the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in the elections to the European parliament . |
15 | The hon. Gentleman has just been reminded of the shabby teachers ' pay record of the Labour Government whom he supported some years ago — It was his Government then , although their successors may not be represented on the Front Bench in quite the way that the hon. Gentleman would wish . |
16 | It is always interesting to note that the moment one reminds Labour Members of their party 's commitment to high taxation , they lose control of the argument completely and deliver tirades along the lines of that to which the hon. Gentleman has just subjected the House . |
17 | In the light of what the right hon. Gentleman has just said , perhaps he will tell us two things : how much extra would he provide for health , and where does health come in Labour 's order of priorities ? |
18 | The success of British exporters , which apparently does not get one word of congratulation or praise from the Labour party , gives the lie to what the hon. Gentleman has just said . |
19 | I understand and have previously heard the views that the hon. Gentleman has just expressed . |
20 | As the Minister for Social Security and Disabled People , I understand , of course , that some people have the feelings that the hon. Gentleman has just outlined . |
21 | Over the past five years , however , the Government have taken account of the very point that the hon. Gentleman has just made . |
22 | The right hon. Gentleman has just mentioned balanced economic and social development , and his amendment refers to ’ social cohesion ’ . |
23 | They do not share the views that the hon. Gentleman has just expressed . |
24 | I am sorry that that old favourite , the very nauseating tie usually worn by the hon. Member for Great Grimsby ( Mr. Mitchell ) , is not with us , although the hon. Gentleman has just arrived . |
25 | If what the hon. Gentleman has just said is true , surely it would mean that any Bill could be amended in almost any way in Committee , and one could subsequently play around with its title in order to accommodate the amendments . |
26 | On the long rows of stalls are ranged all sorts of fresh farm products — eggs , vegetables , salads , churns of cream , live chickens and ducks — brown Rouen ducks , black Muscovy ducks , white Pekin ducks , turkeys , baby chicks ; one old woman has just one basket of produce for sale — eggs , a few fresh peas , and a bunch of green turnip-tops . |
27 | Whether or not it was realized , then , how exposed the French position was in Vietnam , the universal scope of US foreign policy had just been restated in its most monumental form . |
28 | Come straight back if you have no luck , otherwise you will find that meaty bits of Louis XIV 's foreign policy have just passed you by . " |
29 | The Science Reference and Information Service of the British Library has just published Guide to Libraries in Central and Eastern Europe ( ISBN 0 7123 0795 8 ) , compiled by the information specialist Maria Hughes , from data not widely available . |
30 | The British visitor had just heard the exact same overview from the hospital 's top administrator . |