Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] just [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she 'd only just gone to the end of the road to phone Ken was working away . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She must be dreaming , but surely she had only just gone to sleep . |
| 4 | Involuntarily the landlord of the Feathers shivered , peering uncertainly up at this late wayfarer , whose peremptory summons on the front door had recalled him to undo the bolts he had only just shot to . |
| 5 | It had only just come to be important before the ‘ unnatural ’ town of the industrial revolution conjured up some of the most dramatic and ‘ romanticized ’ of contrasts . |
| 6 | Who knows , ’ he pretended that the thought had only just occurred to him , ‘ they might be attacked by bandits . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ There could be a way to save him , ’ he said , as if the possibility had only just occurred to him . |
| 8 | In all the upset and confusion , it had only just occurred to her that , even if this was a self-imposed discipline , her funds were limited . |
| 9 | I have n't been to a gym in ages , ’ Vitor said , and frowned as though the omission had only just occurred to him . |