Example sentences of "just had a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Incidently , it 's just had a change of ownership erm , a well-financed new owner but we 're , we 're still confident of our position there .
2 The Jew is nothing more than a popular villain ( bear in mind that Marlowe had just had a success with The Jew Of Malta ) .
3 ‘ I 've just had a drink with him . ’
4 Moving offices and such at work , in fact we ve just had a drink to ‘ celebrate ’ so please excuse any slurred words and the like …
5 Initially she 'd just had a bit of a fever and a very dry throat .
6 Oh well David 's not like that , he 's well Mark 's just had a bit of luck he 's just .
7 My friend 's just had a go at skiing .
8 Marc made her feel as if she 'd just had a battle with a steamroller — but she was mildly pleased with herself .
9 Well , we 've just had a discussion about this in the hall .
10 I 've just had a rise on mine .
11 ‘ I 've just had a call from the commissioner 's office saying you 've arrested someone with security links .
12 Er , our press office tell me that we have just had a call from ten Downing Street , who want a copy of this speech .
13 Look , the office has just had a call from your father .
14 ‘ Oh , Doctor , I 've just had a call from Cabin 226 — a Mrs Jeffreys .
15 when they 've just had a call in , to start on Monday .
16 A : hello Mr Parkin this is Guy Cook here B : yes A : er do you remember um sending us a er an estimate for electrical repairs * for a hundred and fifty pounds * well I 've er just had a word with the Electricity Board with an engineer called Mr Golding and he tells me that the er the list of jobs you gave us unless there 's any special circumstances should not be more than around one hundred pounds B : oh * A : well he said he 'd have to look at it of course but er is there some special reason why you thought it would cost more A : well would you be prepared to do it for the price he quoted B : no A : well why not B : I ca n't afford it not with my wages and overheads £ I have A : well £ why should I pay an extra fifty pounds if I can get it done cheaper * B : well if you can do that * do
17 Particularly if you had just had a row with your wife , and rather suspected that you were in the wrong .
18 Having just had a row with the acerbic Redwood , Kelly decided to apply for the job as assistant to whoever the new paper appointed as their Belfast representative .
19 It 's as if he 'd just had a snort of it .
20 Ivy looked well and had just had a holiday in a private hotel [ Broome Park , once the property of Lord Kitchener ] in Kent .
21 Yes I erm I would like to point out that we are looking er very closely at the sales and I 've just had a report on my desk from the head of finance which is the beginning of the discussions in the management team on er the sales erm and relation of loss of sales to profit and so on and the now we , the shop is in that position we 've had time t we have more time to assess how things are working out .
22 How can anyone be so arrogant as to talk about this Creature , this Thing , as if they knew It , as if they had just had a letter from It or had chatted to It over the phone , when the It can not be conceived , understood , described , or even proved to exist .
23 I 've just had a letter from her .
24 He 'd just had a letter from Joan telling him she was pregnant and had already chosen the name Jasmine if the child was a girl .
25 Mr Kronweiser had just had a letter from his departmental head , a man whose word made or marred men 's careers , a man almost as sensitive to fashionable currents as roly-poly Dwight himself .
26 Quite by chance in collecting material for I have come across a cousin who is the communications and Public relations person at so I am to put them in touch with each other as the one in London has just had a letter from another in Vancouver trying to do family research .
27 Well Julie 's just had a letter from the police .
28 By 1030 hours the Wall patrol has completed its escort task and is free to assist an Engineer Corporal who has just had a collision in his car with an East German in the Soviet Sector .
29 " I 've just had a meeting with Caduta Massi .
30 Which one was the real Luke Calder : the hard , tough businessman who would stop at nothing and spare no one to get what he wanted , or that tender stranger she 'd just had a glimpse of ?
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