Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] finished " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd just finished editing The Dairy Book of Home Management , which eventually sold 1.5m copies , and I was living in the Kings Road . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I see , ’ said April , laying aside the sock she 'd just finished darning . |
| 3 | I 'd just finished it when it was time to get off . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd just finished treatment for a drug problem and Paul was getting over valium addiction . |
| 5 | She 'd just finished a seven-day sentence in Holloway prison . |
| 6 | Joe appeared , looking as if he 'd just finished knocking the Army into shape , and the Navy as well . |
| 7 | When he came out of hospital they fixed him up with a job in a parachute factory , but he 'd just finished the training period when the war ended , and they did n't think they 'd need so many parachutes for the next one . |
| 8 | and I 'd just finished training as a nurse and I thought I was really cool and calm and I would of reported it , but I did n't |
| 9 | On that particular day I I was coming home from work and it were quarter to nine , I 'd just finished work . |
| 10 | By 10.30pm the contractions were getting even stronger and I was beginning to feel like I 'd just finished running a marathon . |
| 11 | He 'd just finished helping with the dishes when he decided it was time for high-jinks in the sink . |
| 12 | I 'd just finished filling the hip flask when it went dark in the bar as a truck pulled up at the traffic lights outside . |
| 13 | ‘ And when I was born , he 'd just finished reading Eastern Approaches by Fitzroy Maclean . |
| 14 | We 'd just finished decorating the room . |
| 15 | I ca n't think in the art , in the art thing cos I like to I 'd just finished my coffee as well and |
| 16 | Squiffy everywhere and erm that night the evening activity was tobogganing and we 'd just finished all this wine . |
| 17 | As he 'd nearly finished his apprenticeship , he was understandably loathe to pack it in . |
| 18 | I 've always been good at painting ; I 'd nearly finished my picture — which included the ark and a mountain when Miss began telling us how rainbows were all an illusion caused by sunlight and raindrops . |
| 19 | He could probably switch Mason and the others about a bit ; they 'd nearly finished the job at Coleworthy Farm ; but he must n't start counting his chickens . |
| 20 | We 'd decorated the outside and we 'd nearly finished . |
| 21 | And then they was eating their supper so just want another piece of bread , and they 'd nearly finished the tape . |
| 22 | It 's alright he 'd practically finished anyway it was alright . |
| 23 | Chesarynth was across the room before she 'd even finished the thought . |
| 24 | I 'd barely finished my prawn cocktail before I realised I could fall for him . ’ |
| 25 | If she did n't know any better , she would have said she 'd had too much to drink , but apart from that first glass of punch , which she 'd never finished , and then Luke 's celebratory champagne , she had n't touched alcohol all evening . |
| 26 | and nobody had paid rates , and they would n't pay rates until they 'd actually finished building on the land opposite . |
| 27 | After gluing , the curved members were cut to shape on the band saw then finished with the spokeshave . |
| 28 | When they had all finished the coffee , Bob got up to pay the bill , leaving John to apologise for his misplaced piece of mockery . |
| 29 | When they had all finished Mike stood up and said thank you to everybody for coming . |
| 30 | There was no embassy in Naples but there was probably some consular representation although the War had only finished a couple of years before and not just Italy but the whole of Europe was hopelessly disorganised . |