Example sentences of "was only just " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pigeons flocked around it immediately , though dawn was only just breaking . |
| 2 | The underlying trend of the balance of payments was extremely adverse ; although the average growth of total output was only just over 1 per cent ( slower than in any six-year period previous to Thatcher ) , the current account excluding oil moved from a small surplus in 1979 to a deficit of £5bn in 1985 . |
| 3 | So , as far as I can work it out , they found it was cool to go round to Wally 's and hang out , particularly as the school was only just round the corner from his place So they 'd sit there doing very little and getting bored . |
| 4 | He was only just caught by Ghofar in the Hennessy , though the form in that race is not working out too well . |
| 5 | But , in Britain , it was election year , and , in America , President Johnson was only just beginning to grasp the reins of power after Kennedy 's assassination , and so little political progress was made . |
| 6 | He was only just back in the house when he heard his Mum draw up in the car . |
| 7 | Tug lay very still and concentrated on breathing and the voice went on , so softly that it was only just possible to hear it , even though Doyle 's face was right up against his ear . |
| 8 | She looked up and her face was only just under control , balanced on the edge of screaming . |
| 9 | The steady gaze was only just beginning to show a hint of scorn . |
| 10 | By the end of the decade Monroe 's marriage was only just hanging together . |
| 11 | On the contrary : emotional attachment to Hitler was rooted in the notion that he represented the ideal of national community and national greatness , that he was leading Germany to greater prosperity , and that , whatever the immediate sacrifices , a bonanza for all was only just over the horizon . |
| 12 | It was only just to give Mr Heseltine , who played so prominent a role in the Tory victory , the job he so much wanted as Industry Secretary . |
| 13 | On Sunday , August 14th. 1682 , Richard Baxter was in great pain and weakness , and was only just able to preach twice . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | When the landing craft pulled away it was only just over half full , because scarcely a tenth of the American and British citizens in the country wanted to take advantage of the offer . |
| 16 | As curare was only just emerging from obscurity ( see Chapter 6 ) , this was a very prompt seizure of a new opportunity for therapy . |
| 17 | As it happened the new ramp section was only just rescued from a bulldozer in the nick of time as the skate scene said a final goodbye to Andover skatepark . |
| 18 | She was only just in time to escape being knocked down . |
| 19 | At the top of the neighbouring allotment was the communal pump , a very simple affair that never ran dry as it was only just above the level of the River Avon , flowing some two hundred yards away . |
| 20 | And America was only just in the war . |
| 21 | I was only just able to take care of myself so further responsibility I could not take . |
| 22 | At that time , Mary 's mother had a strange , possessive relationship with another woman ; an affair which young Mary was only just beginning to understand . |
| 23 | I was only just eight . |
| 24 | However , Kent County Council pointed out that even the higher figure was only just over 1% of daily lorry movements in the county . |
| 25 | It was only just after midday , though it felt like late afternoon , and both girls were very hungry when , after much meandering through moorland villages , the little train stopped with a triumphant snort at Clyst St George , for Overclyst . |
| 26 | And the nightmare was only just beginning . |
| 27 | He looked at his watch and saw to his amazement that it was only just after ten . |
| 28 | He was only just in time , though , as a woodcutter had been called to cut it down . |
| 29 | Although she was only just learning to speak , on spotting one she would shout ‘ mushoosh , mushoosh ’ ' much to the amusement of passers by . |
| 30 | But these were local efforts and as landlords , tenants and labourers were locked in a situation whose extent was only just becoming apparent , endemic poverty came to be seen less as the will of God than as a widespread indication of human failure . |