Example sentences of "only just get [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Operating in a bleeding French market , Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has a rapidly vanishing mainframe base , personal computer problems that only seem to have been exacerbated by the acquisition of Zenith Data Systems , which looks like a source of profitless volume , and a Unix strategy that is only just getting off the ground .
2 The dismantling of that establishment is only just getting under way .
3 The Sheikh was only just getting into his stride .
4 I think that they are only just getting into their stride on this particular issue , because some years ago we had flooding in Worthing , quite severe flooding , so every application went to the Southern Water Authority and we never got back no , you ca n't develop on that area and it was , it was very difficult .
5 It was only just getting over the shock 21 years later when an apparition sauntered past St Paul ‘ s School and round the corner of Gartocher Road into Shettleston Road .
6 ‘ To invade those poor people in Poland when they 're only just getting over the last war . ’
7 no , no , I 've only just got onto
8 ‘ But I 've only just got off the plane , ’ insisted Crawford .
9 The election campaign has only just got under way , and Mr Le Pen may yet reclaim the limelight .
10 The municipal-bond market has only just got over the jolt it received from federal tax changes in 1986 that removed tax breaks for some large buyers of new issues , notably banks and insurance companies .
11 Where we are going ( 1700 England ) they have only just got over periodic waves of bubonic plague .
12 Feherty took 40 for the same stretch then declared ‘ I have only just got over influenza and I should not have travelled to Portugal .
13 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 .
14 There was a momentary hesitation before he explained that he 'd only just got to the room , he 'd felt too disturbed by the shamanistic experience to sleep and had sat in the hospitality suite reading .
15 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 !
16 Ah Christ I 've only just got in mama !
17 Hiya yeah yeah oh yeah I 've just been down to oh we 've only just got in
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