Example sentences of "[Wh pn] 's just " in BNC.
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1 | Their assumption that ‘ he knows what he has done wrong ’ is based on the fact that Rover is slinking along the floor with its head and tail down looking for all the world like a naughty school boy who 's just broken the headmaster 's window . |
2 | Arms and fists raised like a footballer who 's just scored a goal , Austin Currie took his kudos , from the audience of 500 in the packed conference hall of the Slieve Donard Hotel . |
3 | ‘ Oh God , every day it seems I 'm speaking to a mate who 's just been robbed , ’ said Woody , sometime Cross Key 's barman , in his thick Lancashire accent . |
4 | He 's like a dictator who 's just come to power and does all the awful violent things at once , like changing the laws and murdering people and confiscating everything — then later on it 'll all be taken for granted and he can play at being kind and good . ’ |
5 | ‘ You look pretty sober for someone who 's just started on whisky , ’ said Sarah as they walked towards the bus stop . |
6 | It — it hurts , being around someone who 's just killed someone … or hurt them . |
7 | Most faces have turned to watch the ā gri who 's just come out of the shrine and is standing in the doorway . |
8 | ‘ We 've captured a very gay hairdresser who 's just wet his pants . ’ |
9 | But it was n't OK and when I reached for my bishop , he 'd wave his arms over the board like a referee who 's just counted somebody out — and change his move . |
10 | Like a three-year-old who 's just learned to write his own name , Marky Mark repeats his dozens of times . |
11 | Trying to dissuade a father from sending his gay teenager to a psychiatrist ; calming someone who 's just been beaten up in a police cell ; sharing someone 's joy at discovering that there 's another lesbian in the next village , all serve to remove some of the complacency which can so easily set in . |
12 | ‘ When you have a real problem with drink and drugs , when you 're in your twenties , you 're still young and everything , ’ reflects Shaun , who 's just turned 30 . |
13 | ‘ The biggest mistake you can make is to go to someone who 's just separated and say , ‘ I 'm glad you left him or her . |
14 | Many experts in the auction rooms make it their business to hang out with aristos waiting for the time Uncle Marmaduke 's Van Dyck has to bite the dust , so they are privy to the ‘ who 's just acquired a new mistress whose florist is Cartier ’ chatter . |
15 | John 's there with his mate Paul , who 's just got back from work . |
16 | Now before Neil starts panicking and worrying about that , bear in mind that that is spread over the whole spectrum of operations , including things like heart transplants and the like , and also , for example , an elderly person who 's just been smashed up by er Astra G T E |
17 | Have you ever considered to stop to think , well it it might be your son , your daughter , who 's just passed their test , and that 's doing this in er and just does n't know any better . |
18 | I look at McDunn , the one friendly-ish face in here and the only one I can look at without feeling like a five-year-old who 's just wet his pants . |
19 | When Gilda heard what happened , she said , ‘ A man who 's just staggered out of a nasty relationship wants a bloody nursemaid at first , and then he wants to play the field for a bit . |
20 | ‘ A neurotic , ’ he said , ‘ is a man who 's just worked out what 's going on . ’ |
21 | ‘ I 've been looking after my aunt , sir , who 's just died . ’ |
22 | As a PC depreciates faster than a catwalk model who 's just turned 30 , here are my tips for those of you who do n't want to lose your shirts : |
23 | ‘ That 'd be a clever trick for someone who 's just been blown up . ’ |
24 | You look like a kid who 's just discovered Father Christmas does n't exist . ’ |
25 | Show me a frowning British woman on a beach , and I 'll show someone who 's just spotted a mid-thigh clump the wax did n't reach . |
26 | As a thousand fists beat as one , Flav , the rap equivalent of The Sugarcubes ' Einar , breaks into his regular spoilt kid routine , jumping up and down like someone who 's just had his pocket money stopped , while the ‘ menacing ’ S1Ws , clad in slick white sailor suits , make an appearance as evacuees from a Person advert . |
27 | ‘ You 've heard of Marius Steen , bloke who 's just died ? ’ |
28 | ‘ But not to a midget who 's just eaten my lunch and whom I 've subsequently insulted , who then turns out to be one of the world 's top dress designers . |
29 | I do , according to my best friend who 's just had a baby . |
30 | ‘ For someone who 's just attempted something incredibly stupid , you 've got nerve , I will say that , ’ he observed , his gaze flickering to the comb in her white-knuckled fingers . |