Example sentences of "have [adv] just [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | On an associated matter , I have only just written to Mrs Sharp formally requesting permission to borrow the large Slezer view of Edinburgh from the North currently hanging in the Edinburgh Room . |
| 3 | They went to give emergency help during the height of the oilspill disaster and have only just returned after setting up an animal hospital . |
| 4 | ‘ Forgive me , ’ Legion interrupted , sincerity oozing from each of its voices , ‘ but I have only just arrived in this solar system . |
| 5 | Dewdrops , on the other hand , exist , not because they are durable , but because they have only just come into existence and have not yet had time to evaporate . |
| 6 | Beleaguered chief executive Chris Hassall said : ‘ The two we talked to — Ken Benjamin and Anthony Cummins — have only just come onto the scene and they are very inexperienced in real international cricket . |
| 7 | Where we are going ( 1700 England ) they have only just got over periodic waves of bubonic plague . |
| 8 | Feherty took 40 for the same stretch then declared ‘ I have only just got over influenza and I should not have travelled to Portugal . |
| 9 | I apologise for the delay in replying , but I have only just got to the bottom of my ‘ in tray ’ after months of chasing deadlines ! |
| 10 | It is prudent to check each company 's rules before you commit yourself ‘ These contracts have only just started in Britain and so far people have treated them cautiously , ’ says Peter Hargreaves of adviser Hargreaves Lansdowne . |