Example sentences of "[conj] have only [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have , or have only just removed it , you will see a double wave as the needles respond to the punchcard . |
| 2 | A big cat that has only recently gone extinct is the sabre-tooth ( " tiger " ) , named after its colossal canine teeth which jutted down from the upper jaw in the front of what must have been a terrifying gape . |
| 3 | The smallest breed is one that has only recently arrived from Singapore , where it was known as the ‘ drain cat ’ . |
| 4 | That Fran had no intention of doing just that had only just struck him , and he did n't like it one little bit ! |
| 5 | The group found themselves part of a movement called ‘ Shambling ’ , which was largely a reaction to the po-faced stance of goth that had only just entered its coffin . |
| 6 | We allowed our gaze to wander south until it lighted upon the bulk of Ancohuma 's eastern slopes , a face we knew nothing of on a mountain that had only just entered our lives . |
| 7 | And yes , I suddenly recollected the image of the small shining triangle of a Stanley blade being passed out of the driver 's cabin : an image that had only momentarily concerned me . |
| 8 | That way , you wo n't feel too badly about picking flowers that have only just opened , and the rest of your garden will be left in all its glory . |
| 9 | Now twenty-four , she came to London originally from Gloucestershire , and has only just moved ‘ south of the river ’ to start a new job . |
| 10 | Miss Driver , 22 , has appeared in the television series Lovejoy , House of Eliott , Casualty and Kinsey , and has only just returned from Budapest — filming a Maigret adventure . |
| 11 | It exists largely as a product of the institutions of higher education ( Sarsby 1984 : 132 ) and has only recently begun to surface in policy and practice . |
| 12 | It results from the attempt to provide relief from psychiatric illnesses and has only recently begun to be recognised . |
| 13 | The aircraft had previously been flown in the USA as N190DH until a crash at Sellersburg , Indiana , on September 22 , 1987 , following which it was imported into the UK in 1989 and has only recently completed rebuild in the capable hands of Cliff Lovell , giving us a second airworthy DH.90 alongside Wessex Aviation & Transport 's G–AEDT . |
| 14 | The numbers of places in day nurseries ( the only state day-care provision ) declined steadily after the Second World War , and has only recently increased by a tiny amount . |
| 15 | The centre is family run and has only recently come onto the steam map . |
| 16 | ‘ Indeed , Gwynedd County Council originally opposed the restoration of the Ffestiniog , and has only recently shown any inclination to approve the full restoration of the Welsh Highland Railway . ’ |
| 17 | But , like so many of his stablemates , he struggled to find his form in the early part of this term and has only recently returned to his best . |
| 18 | Anyway that thought decided me to make for the bedroom but I was late starting and had only just reached the top of the stairs when he was half-way up with the big brown teapot held in his pelting position . |
| 19 | The court was told that all three were now grown up , with the girls 27 and 31 , and had only just revealed their ordeal at the hands of their stepfather . |
| 20 | He was nineteen years of age and had only just qualified to receive the King 's shilling ; but now he was a couple of inches taller , shaved and had even come near to losing his virginity . |
| 21 | Laba , who was later to become one of our shipmates , had been a fruit farmer and had only recently taken up sailing on the advice of the local shaman after a string of close calls with pythons . |
| 22 | Giancarlo had never known passion , and had only occasionally felt the pull of lust . |
| 23 | I had read none of them , and had only vaguely heard of one , Edna O'Brien . |
| 24 | They went to give emergency help during the height of the oilspill disaster and have only just returned after setting up an animal hospital . |
| 25 | It was as if she had needed to do this for such a long , long time , but had only just realised it . |
| 26 | Police discovered Carol Clark 's other life last week , but have only just revealed details . |
| 27 | I 've had the guitar for six or seven years but have only recently started playing it again . |