Example sentences of "and had [adv] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was carrying a shopping bag and had evidently just returned from town . |
| 2 | Anyway that thought decided me to make for the bedroom but I was late starting and had only just reached the top of the stairs when he was half-way up with the big brown teapot held in his pelting position . |
| 3 | She still had n't spoken and had only just , so she thought , heard his name . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He was nineteen years of age and had only just qualified to receive the King 's shilling ; but now he was a couple of inches taller , shaved and had even come near to losing his virginity . |