Example sentences of "[noun prp] only just " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tito 's troops entered Carinthia on 6 May and on 8 May only just lost to 5 Corps the race to be the first to enter the provincial capital Klagenfurt . |
| 2 | Lancaster only just tolerated Douglas 's interference , partly for old time 's sake and partly because Lancaster admired Kirk for daring to slight Hollywood 's conservatives by openly using blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo on Spartacus . |
| 3 | I said to Joe only just last night we was chatting about it |
| 4 | Oh God only just ! |
| 5 | On 4 January 1941 , with the Battle of Britain only just won and the blitz still raging , Edward Hulton 's Picture Post published a special edition under the headline ‘ A Plan for Britain' . |
| 6 | At one stage Columbus only just prevented a mutiny . |
| 7 | Gazing at him in astonishment , Fabia only just held down a gasp . |
| 8 | New Level , track record holder at Sunderland and Brough Park , clocked a respectable 29.19 sec ( -10 ) winning his heat by 1 5 lengths , while Pond Pavarotti only just scraped through in the faster time of 29.15 , beaten 6 9 lengths by another North-East dog , Capricorn Note , which was also trained until recently by Williams . |
| 9 | But the mare was arching her back and groaning in such agony now that Luke only just managed to keep her on her feet . |