Example sentences of "[vb past] been just [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been just past Luke when he had caught at her , and now his arms came round her from behind , drawing her back against him , and the response she dreaded was already weakening her as the warmth of him transmitted itself to her . |
| 2 | ( In the 1989 election the FL , with 7.56 per cent of the vote , had been just below the minimum 8 per cent necessary to win representation ) . |
| 3 | She had been just in time . |
| 4 | It had been just after Christmas ; she had worn a new pair of fur mittens her sister had given her . |
| 5 | Sara 's best years , Slater continued , had been just after leaving school . |
| 6 | The previous X-ray of my lungs had been just before my operation in March . |
| 7 | The occupational structure of the village was very different from what it had been just before the Civil War when the parish register entries had briefly given men 's occupations ; between 1636 and 1639 Thurmaston 's register noted 8 labourers , 5 shepherds , 3 husbandmen , 2 innkeepers , 2 masons , 2 male servants , a carpenter , a miller , 1 curate , a weaver , a tailor , a shearman , a spinner and a mole catcher . |