20 DR. AUG. WESTERN. [1895. 
off to the farm with the news of what he had 
been saymg (ib. I, 147). — She had been carrying 
a bundle to å distant farm .... and she looked 
dragged and worn (ib. I, 180). 
Anm. Det samme kan naturligvis også udtrykkes ved de uom- 
skrevne former, men da tilføies et adverbium som just 
eller recently for at vise, at handlingen nylig har fundet 
sted, f. eks.: I have just recewed a letter from Hunt 
(Shelley, Ess. 375). — The slimy moss she had just ga- 
thered (Ward, Grieve I, 15). — He went out on the 
pretext of seeing to a cow that had lately calved (ib. I, 
84). — Panting from the long tug uphill through which 
he had just dragged the donkey (ib. I, 155). — He reached 
out his hand for the glass he had just emptied (ib. I, 
195). — The spiritual glory he had just passed through 
(ib. I, 308). 
Ved kontamination opstår da udtryk som: 
This indefatigable man has recently been aston- 
ishing the learned world by his complete revo- 
lution against the accepted topography of Athens 
(19th Cent. May 94, 857). — Oaths were natur- 
ally regarded as insufficient guarantees by men 
who had just been swearing allegiance to å king 
against whom they were conspiring (Mac. Hist. 
VI, 83). — I had just been getting the cheque 
cashed when I met you (Bulw. What — III, 252). 
— He had just been explaiming to her in detail 
2... his device (Ward, Grieve II, 71). 
HI. Futurum og fortidsfuturum. 
17. Disse tider betegner, når de omskrives, egentlig, hvad 
der vil eller vilde gå for sig i en nærmere bestemt frem- 
tid, f. eks. I should be quarrelling with bim all the time (Ward, 
«Grieve II, 17); men da begrebet varighed gjerne træder tilbage, 
