Example sentences of "who had just [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pushed by a couple of drunks who had just appeared bearing the same bottle of Hirondelle they 'd been using to get into parties all year and made my way upstairs . |
| 2 | Some of its humour happened to remind him of his friend Mike Nichols , who had just begun making a career directing plays on Broadway with the hit Neil Simon comedy Barefoot in the Park and Murray Schisgal 's Luv . |
| 3 | She thought of the agency folding , of having to give up her flat , of Sebastian , who had devoted his life to his business , paying with divorce as the price of his involvement , of Jenny in Media Research who had just got married and was struggling with a mortgage , or Ben , one of the account executives , whose wife was in hospital awaiting a kidney transplant . |
| 4 | The headmaster , who had just finished dispensing multiracial condescension to Mr Patel and was now turning gratefully to Dr and Mrs Frome , gazed with ill-disguised apprehension in the direction of Mr McWhirter . |
| 5 | As she turned away , Rona , who had just finished serving , came and stood in front of him . |
| 6 | The Hereford , Hay and Brecon Railway was completed by Welsh contractor Thomas Savin — who had just finished building the main line through Welshpool — and opened in stages between 1863 and 1864 . |
| 7 | These were men who had just finished fighting a global war — a war which , it must be remembered , Britain had won — and global habits of mind naturally persisted . |
| 8 | She turned to the stranger who had just finished talking to a mechanic who was now giving her car the once-over . |
| 9 | After two weeks with no sign of improvement , a friend told me of an excellent new rheumatologist who had just come to work in Chester . |
| 10 | She turned her head towards the servant who had just hurried to let him in to the audience-chamber , and put out an imperious hand to arrest his attention . |