Example sentences of "have [adv] just [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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31 ‘ I 've only just got back to my room and picked up your message .
32 I have n't had time to think yet , I 've only just got back in on the phone and sorting out the printer .
33 Hello er , I 'm phoning on behalf of Mrs Ada er she 's got to come in for a scan on the fourth of February , nine o'clock , now we 've only just got back from the hospital today , cos she oh , she had to go today for one , yeah , and we 've just
34 we 've only just started off .
35 ‘ I 've only just found out something ’ said Mrs H. , a tidy , respectable young woman with a husband in regular work , though with small wages .
36 I 've only just come back down . ’
37 I mean I 've only just come out of hospital and as it is I 'm still fairly well Macked with it .
38 I 've only just come in .
39 No I 've only just come in
40 But I , I 've only just come in , so I 'm well arsed .
41 Hewitt had only just broken through into the first team and gave a good account of himself in matches against Crewe and Chesterfield .
42 ‘ We destroyed him because he betrayed The Law ! ’ said Hasan , in the kind of voice that suggested Hasan the Second , the Twenty-third Imam of the Nizari Ismailis , had only just popped out of the room for a cup of coffee instead of being stabbed nearly a thousand years ago .
43 It seemed she had only just drifted off when she was woken by a sharp rap on the door and Nathan 's impatient voice announcing , ‘ Breakfast in five minutes ! ’
44 It was disappointing to discover on asking if I could have them to find that the museum had only just got round to registering what appeared to be Audubon 's proofs .
45 He did not think there would be any point in Sara travelling to Wellingham that evening , especially as she had only just got back from abroad .
46 Both Gary Smith and Barry Dowdeswell , chief executive of the Royal Victoria Infirmary , Newcastle 's oldest teaching hospital , agreed that the acute hospitals had only just woken up to community care .
47 Davis Cup nerves certainly got to them as they started their defence of a trophy they had only just won back for the first time since 1932 but full marks to the British challengers who gave of their best in terms of commitment and attitude .
48 Did I gather he had only just arrived back ? ’
49 Cos I thought well the couple had only just walked up there and I thought to myself oh well he might meet up with them , you know .
50 He had only just disappeared down the graveyard path and out of sight when the postman arrived at the back gate .
51 But he admitted : ‘ It is a crashing diappointment for Rob because he had only just come back into the side — and his return coincided with two successive clean sheets . ’
52 A quick reminder , many people will know , but a quick reminder and er , if you 've perhaps just come back from holiday yourself , or you 're one of our new listeners , you may not know so I 'll tell you , Douglas Cameron 's Breakfast Call , this very programme , will be breaking new ground at the end of next month .
53 Not twenty yards from the open gateway it had apparently just driven through .
54 ‘ Of course , ’ she murmured , and smiled to show that her heart had not just sunk down into her boots .
55 ‘ Let's just say I 'm about as helpful as you are practical — it would n't surprise me if you had n't just run out of petrol . ’
56 By the time Jose had found Jeremy 's passport and return air ticket , so it was clear he had n't just wandered off .
57 A young woman who had evidently just got out of the Mini was approaching .
58 I have only just flown in from Paris and I am very tired . ’
59 I have only just plucked up the courage to write to you after a year and a half of reading ZZAP !
60 ‘ We have only just found out that we have the opportunity to buy the agency .
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