Example sentences of "[adv] just [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh no , you 've only just fallen asleep , ’ she was able to tell him . |
| 2 | The result in February 1974 was a Labour manifesto that promised ‘ a fundamental and irreversible shift in the balance of power and wealth in favour of working people and their families ’ — and only just stopped short of promising to nationalise the country 's leading 25 companies . |
| 3 | His passion has only just stopped short of writing a structural critique of the civil engineering faults at Valhalla . |
| 4 | To interrupt at such a time would be selfish and babyish — which I had only just promised Heavenly Father not to be . |
| 5 | I 've only just got used to responding : ‘ Two pounds please , teacher ’ . |