Example sentences of "[noun prp] have only just [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ms Bhutto has only just survived a vote of no confidence by the opposition , when her slim and wavering majority was cut by half , partially because of the defection of four of the tribal members to opposition benches . |
| 2 | Unisys Corp claims to have won some 50% of the world 's open systems transaction processing business , but still only has around 22 Tuxedo customers on its books , including the Union Bank of Switzerland , Eurodollar car rental , La Namur Assurance Co in Belgium and Koninklijke PTT Telecom Nederland NV ; NCR Corp , it estimates , has some 10 to 15 customers for Top End monitor , while Transarc Corp 's rival Encina has only just started shipping . |
| 3 | But now the meal was over , and David had only just made an appearance . |
| 4 | However , IBM has only just started manufacturing OS/2 2.0 for British distribution . |
| 5 | One was the common ostrich ; the other was the smaller ‘ petise ’ version that Darwin had only just snatched from the jaws of his shipmates . |
| 6 | Cousin and neighbour Nicholas Gutesha , said : ‘ Robert had only just decorated the house as a Christmas treat for his mum . ’ |
| 7 | If the dispute had ended there , the exchange of words would have passed into football folklore as further evidence of Gallacher 's greatness , but the bad boy from Bellshill had only just begun . |
| 8 | And Rodger has only just come back from three weeks ' rehabilitation at Lilleshall . |
| 9 | Although the idea of WCY is over a year old and the year is now a month old , Britain has only just announced its six-man committee to represent the country 's interests . |
| 10 | It was sparsely furnished , for Anne had only just come into her inheritance , but it was newly decorated and clean . |
| 11 | In 1798 the threat of military invasion from Napoleonic France had only just ebbed when the Bishop of Durham announced to a startled House of Lords that it had come to his attention that the only reason the enemy forces had backed away from military invasion was because they had hit on a more sinister method of bringing Britannia to heel . |
| 12 | Peter had only just begun to go through the night without demanding a feed . |
| 13 | Then there was the question of the paternity of Mrs Clancy 's last child : Mr Clancy had only just returned from Egypt after a two-year posting , and — as Peony had pointed out — the child was only 14 months old . |
| 14 | Doctors at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford have only just started to keep a record , but so far they treated six people for barfly injuries . |
| 15 | Carson had only just put the phone down after trying to get Alison 's number from Enquiries , but as he 'd waited for his call to be taken he 'd thought of her , perhaps contemptuous of his anxiety and annoyed by his persistence , and he 'd hung up without even making his request . |
| 16 | Grandad Terry Potter had only just installed it to stop Adam 's bids to get into the street at Barnsley , South Yorks . |
| 17 | It might not be as easy as plotting Vologsky 's defection — and Kirov had only just reminded himself of a few of the terrors which he could face if he failed . |
| 18 | Pronethalol had only just come into clinical use when it was found to produce tumours in mice . |
| 19 | In spite of Fraser having only just got back , he was invited to accompany them , and just as naturally agreed . |
| 20 | Hewitt had only just broken through into the first team and gave a good account of himself in matches against Crewe and Chesterfield . |
| 21 | Bridget had only just beaten her to it . |