Example sentences of "have only [adv] [vb pp] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My son has only just reached his majority , and I understand he is in no immediate financial need . |
| 2 | and I mean I then I 'd only just had my operation an and to actually drive for longer than about twenty minute journeys was killing so |
| 3 | ‘ I 've only just reached my decision , ’ Adam said softly . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've only just had my tea . |
| 5 | No not yet , I 've only just had my tea ! |
| 6 | cos I 've only just had my tea |
| 7 | Oh Geoff , you 've only just had your tea ! |
| 8 | The court was told that all three were now grown up , with the girls 27 and 31 , and had only just revealed their ordeal at the hands of their stepfather . |
| 9 | For example , emotional problems are often presented as justification for a person 's drunkenness , especially if they are female , and on one occasion a youth who had been involved in an accident but who had only just passed his driving test was let off with a caution by a policewoman in sympathy for his inexperience . |
| 10 | The group found themselves part of a movement called ‘ Shambling ’ , which was largely a reaction to the po-faced stance of goth that had only just entered its coffin . |
| 11 | She had only ever visited his office once before — as an awestruck teenager in the company of her stepfather — but she remembered precisely where it was . |
| 12 | Colour had begun to reappear , particularly in the work of Léger , who had only seriously restricted his palette in 1910 . |
| 13 | Ian Lang and Malcolm Rifkind have amazed everyone by surviving , but they have only marginally improved their party 's position , from nine to 11 seats . |
| 14 | British businessmen feel they have only just restored their right to manage after a hard-won showdown with organised labour . |
| 15 | Only Sara seemed composed and judicial ; looking directly at Gerald she said : ‘ The police have only just started their questioning ; I think we should be very careful about what we say to them . |
| 16 | she 's , she 's only just had her money through , remember when we met them in Tenerife |