Example sentences of "have [vb pp] just [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chris Robinson 's vocal has developed just the right pitch to keep you straining to hear his every word , the kind of kick-ass , hell-for-leather growl that sounds great and is heightened by the honey sweet gospelly chorus of backing singers Barbara Richardson and Taj . |
| 2 | The leisurely bath has reached just the right temperature and the birthday bath salts are bubbling away beautifully . |
| 3 | But she comes into her own at the not-bloody-likely tea party ; and by the end , she has achieved just the right blend of poignancy and pride . |
| 4 | Campbell , though , has hit only one league goal since the opening day of the season , while Smith , through injury and non-selection , has managed just a couple . |
| 5 | The once-great arena has staged just a handful of fights since Jim Watt ruled the WBC lightweight division between 1979 and 81 . |
| 6 | Yesterday , she 'd given just the cupboards she needed to use a superficial wipe-over . |
| 7 | Had he forgotten how they 'd parted just a few hours earlier ? |
| 8 | And there was a lot of luck in life : some people would go to jail for badger-baiting ; but if they 'd baited just the foxes they 'd like as not be having sherry the next day with the Master of the Foxhounds . |
| 9 | When her mentor , Louis Leakey , sent out the young photographer Hugo Van Lawick to photograph the chimpanzees at Gombe , he wrote to Vanne that he 'd found just the husband for Jane . |
| 10 | Of course , if I 'd waited just a few months , I could have had anyone I liked . |
| 11 | ‘ I should have thought , ’ said Charlotte , trapped into genuine interest and speculation , ‘ that they 'd have built just a little further from the river . |
| 12 | Why could n't she have had just a small taste of the honeyed delight that Rourke 's love would have brought , just a fragment of the glowing ember that would have warmed her inside , instead of this cold , bitter emptiness ? |
| 13 | Surely even the most stalwart art lover must have trembled just a little when , earlier this summer , in conjunction with the four exhibitions organised by the Whitechapel Gallery ( featuring 200-odd works ) and over 900 artists — 58 groups in 53 locations — opened their studios to the public . |
| 14 | ‘ The Satanic Verses has the good fortune of having become just a novel again , and I 'm very happy for it . |
| 15 | Now , if you 've got the odd spare weekend , a boat and £55,000 to spend , we may have found just the thing for you a fantasy island all of your own , and it 's up for sale right here in the heart of the Central South region . |
| 16 | TREVOR FRANCIS 'S celebration can of Coke must have tasted just a little sweeter last night . |
| 17 | He would have finished just a point short of an 18 maximum if he had not suffered engine failures in two races . |
| 18 | She had looked just the way the boy did , and Jean-Paul liked it because it made him feel … |
| 19 | The couple had met just a couple of months ago and appeared completely devoted . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've seen just the same in the police , ’ murmured Blanche . |
| 21 | If only they had possessed just a little more of that rare commodity , plus the assistance of a blind man with an abacus , it might not have taken both channels until 1.30 in the morning to start predicting an absolute majority for Mr Major . |
| 22 | But sometimes she had seen just a glimpse , a fragment , of an unknown person , deep and inward-looking , complex , full of contradictions . |
| 23 | She had known with all her soul that she had made just the right decision . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've been thinking about it all the way back from your cottage and I believe I 've got just a tiny little bit of an idea . ’ |
| 25 | Yes because what happens when you 've got just a very thin L , the magic E can even work through it , U , right , so it will be jugle , yeah , jugle , that would n't be the right pronunciation at all , okay , let's go on to the next one |
| 26 | We 've got just a bit of sun . |
| 27 | Well , I 've got just a mouthful and you 've got loads left Susan . |
| 28 | So you 've got just a month to do it in . |
| 29 | Well we 've got just the man for the job . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've got just the dog for that , I thought , so I registered Bewey as a PAT dog . |