Example sentences of "just [vb pp] from [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As expected , she found that subjects were very accurate at distinguishing a sentence they had only just heard from similar sentences with semantic or syntactic changes . |
| 2 | Billy had just shuffled from one foot to the other and blushed as all dutiful sons should do . |
| 3 | You know that 's all right he may , might , alright there may of been a soldier there , but they 've just come from that direction |
| 4 | Skip was saying this to Bilou who had just come from grand-prix multihull racing in France . |
| 5 | One way and another , it appears that the search for a new chief executive for IBM Corp is not going too well as one after another , the most fancied candidates declare that they are non-runners — so long after their names were first widely canvassed in the press that they leave the strong impression that they have considered or been considered for the job , but after having looked into it , decided that they would n't touch it with a bargepole : latest to declare his belated non-candidacy is former Hewlett-Packard Co chief executive John Young , who says he is ‘ definitely not a candidate ’ — ‘ He 's enjoying retirement , ’ said a Hewlett spokeswoman ; all attention is now focussed on the thought-to-be front runners that have n't ruled themselves out — Paul Stern , recently retired chairman and tough manager of Northern Telecom Ltd , who could be planning to repeat his double act at that company with another former IBMer , Edward Lucente , who has also just resigned from Northern Telecom ; the other two whose odds have shortened are George Fisher , chairman and chief executive of Motorola Inc , Morton Myerson , chairman of Perot Systems Corp , and Louis Gerstner , head of RJR Nabisco Co ; industry sources told Reuter that the name of Michael Armstrong keeps coming up within IBM — but he quit only a year ago , and has just taken the top job at Hughes Aircraft Co . |
| 6 | He had only just recovered from another bout of serious illness and was still extremely weak . |
| 7 | He has just emerged from four months of experimental treatment for skin cancer with assurances of remission . |
| 8 | Sir : I have just returned from five weeks in Zimbabwe , mostly at village level , and your leading article ( 6 October ) was right . |
| 9 | Or as if she herself had just returned from another world altogether . |
| 10 | Your article on the Zambian food riots was accurate ( NI 189 ) : I have just returned from visiting friends who live on the Zambian Copperbelt and it was a shock to compare the well-provisioned tourist hotels with the half-empty shops in the city of Ndola . |
| 11 | I 've just returned from this year 's Prix de Lausanne and the two Russian boys who entered were kicked out . |
| 12 | As I write , I have just returned from this gathering . |
| 13 | The younger boy had offered to make toast for a social worker , Elizabeth Weepers , who had just returned from sick leave . |