Example sentences of "i [verb] only just [vb pp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was er I mean was a pop s ex pop singer , I 'd only just stopped singing a few weeks before I started to work with Sybil and she could not have been more gracious and generous in helping me get through it . |
| 2 | After all , I 'd only just stopped doing my paper-round and I heard them talking about headlong stuff I never knew about before : abortions , heroin , Sylvia Plath , prostitution . |
| 3 | I stayed up most of the night , totally engrossed in the book only to find that David Wood had published what I had only just begun to suspect , a definite pattern underlying the whole region of Rennes-le-Chateau . |
| 4 | I had only just finished describing the happiness of endless life , when I realized that my friend 's shoulders were shaking and tears of laughter were running down his face . |
| 5 | ‘ I know it 's crazy , but I 've only just begun to realise how much I 'm going to miss all this . ’ |
| 6 | I 've only just finished building the one on the right . |
| 7 | I 've only just got rid of the baby . |
| 8 | Well I shall be in a minute , I 've only just got to go in the kitchen and get it . |
| 9 | I 've only just started to cook in a convection oven , ’ Clare said apologetically . |
| 10 | Yeah I know cos I 've only just started recording again look I 'll let you listen to it in a while all right ? wait that long . |
| 11 | However , Will Purser helped me with a few defensive sentences such as , ‘ Please talk slowly , I have only just begun to learn Burmese . ’ |