Example sentences of "he [vb -s] just been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the student is describing a series of very simple events which he has just been watching , it might be expected that he would produce a highly fluent and error-free description with no hesitations . |
| 2 | ‘ He has just been rejected , ’ Jehan said . |
| 3 | He has just been appointed head of the private office of Jean Glavany , France 's Secretary of State for Technical Education . |
| 4 | Rupert Bear is not only the world 's tallest hot air balloon and a leading children 's favourite since 1920 , he has just been appointed the National Trust 's young ‘ green ’ spokesman , or should one say spokesbear . |
| 5 | This book is also different to ‘ To Kill a Mockingbird ’ because there are no racist scenes , only prejudice towards Imamu from both the Police and in some cases the Aimsleys , when their daughter goes missing and they think that because he is a street boy who comes from Harlem , a lower class area than Brooklyn and that he has just been acquitted on a murder rap , he 's got something to do with Perk 's disappearance . |
| 6 | If Albany speaks , it suggests an attempt to reassert authority he has just been trying to give away ( as Gurr proposes about as upbeat a close as leaving Denmark in Fortinbras 's control ) . |
| 7 | He has just been pulverized by a being from the other side of the galaxy and what does he do ? |
| 8 | But whether an inexperienced schoolboy can be all right after the type of traumatic experience to which he has just been subjected I would not care to say . |
| 9 | Perhaps it 's because he 's just been asked yet again about that record . |
| 10 | He 's just been telling us about how this bloke 's condoms dropped out of his pocket . |
| 11 | We 've er , he 's just been getting all the photos stuck down on those cards . |
| 12 | He 's just been convicted . |
| 13 | You 've got an opportunity now because he 's just been appointed to make contact with him , you do n't need any other excuse to make contact with him |
| 14 | It 's erm it 's been very interesting actually this last month because erm talk about your sons joining the enemy erm my second son who 's been up in Cheshire for well , twenty years I suppose he 's just been appointed senior art adviser for Devon . |
| 15 | ‘ Thirty-five , he is , and he 's just been told he 's not got long to live . |
| 16 | For Jason , he must have done well on the video excercise , he 's just been told he can follow in his father 's footsteps and join West Mercia Police . |
| 17 | For Jason , he must have done well on the video excercise , he 's just been told he can follow in his father 's footsteps and join West Mercia Police . |
| 18 | He 's just been cleaning our window . |
| 19 | What he fails to mention is that he 's just been fined by his fun loving Durham County Cricket Club colleagues for turning up unshaven . |
| 20 | He 's just been released from hospital . |