Example sentences of "only just [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 Strongly independent all his life , John Granger did n't let blindness change his lifestyle , and although now in his nineties has only just moved into a sheltered flat in Oxford .
2 This special place of the Sun in the Galaxy , if confirmed , certainly alters our picture of even the recent geological history of our planet , since we have only just emerged from a spiral arm .
3 As it happened the new ramp section was only just rescued from a bulldozer in the nick of time as the skate scene said a final goodbye to Andover skatepark .
4 But the Scot has only just recovered from a mystery virus and insists he needs to be involved for some 10 matches before he is back to his best .
5 Seventh in the English Schools final last year , the 17-year-old Morpeth Harrier has only just recovered from a dislocated hip .
6 After all , they reasoned , if this was 2.30 in Glasgow , they would have only just got to a club , ready for a full night 's dancing and drinking till the almost daylight hour of 5.30am .
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