Example sentences of "have only just [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Strongly independent all his life , John Granger did n't let blindness change his lifestyle , and although now in his nineties has only just moved into a sheltered flat in Oxford .
2 For example , Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous has only just begun in the UK whereas Alcoholics Anonymous has been in the UK for over forty years .
3 The hon. Member for Southampton , Test ( Mr. Hill ) has only just ambled into the Chamber .
4 But the Scot has only just recovered from a mystery virus and insists he needs to be involved for some 10 matches before he is back to his best .
5 Seventh in the English Schools final last year , the 17-year-old Morpeth Harrier has only just recovered from a dislocated hip .
6 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 .
7 we 'll walk down the road at the back and we 'd only just turned round the corner from the Claremont and we found this restaurant and it was , it was an absolutely brilliant chef , really nice restaurant , really high quality and it was was quite reasonable price , it was n't cheap .
8 And she 'd only just gone to the end of the road to phone Ken was working away .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 We 've only just flipped off the radio when two tons of suede appear round the side of the building .
12 I nodded and he continued , ‘ You 've only just arrived on the island .
13 ‘ But I 've only just got off the plane , ’ insisted Crawford .
14 Ah , good evening , come in , we 've er , we 've only just started on the Parish Council , so er
15 One was the common ostrich ; the other was the smaller ‘ petise ’ version that Darwin had only just snatched from the jaws of his shipmates .
16 But advice workers in Middlesbrough said they had only just heard of the drug and had no reports of its presence in the county .
17 Sir Ranulph 's weight had dropped from 14 to 10 stones and he and Dr Stroud , 37 , had only just recovered from the low blood sugar condition hypoglycaemia .
18 This special place of the Sun in the Galaxy , if confirmed , certainly alters our picture of even the recent geological history of our planet , since we have only just emerged from a spiral arm .
19 Beleaguered chief executive Chris Hassall said : ‘ The two we talked to — Ken Benjamin and Anthony Cummins — have only just come onto the scene and they are very inexperienced in real international cricket .
20 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 !
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