Example sentences of "have [adv] just [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the speed of the computer does not allow animation comparable to that which can be produced on film , there is no doubt that this facility , which has only just begun to be explored , can give real power to the teacher . |
| 2 | The Christmas Eve assault has only just come to light because the 13-year-old victim was too terrified to report it earlier . |
| 3 | Townsend , who has only just returned to Premiership action for new club Aston Villa , said : ‘ It has been a slight worry but I 'm in no pain and after today 's training I know I 'll definitely play . ’ |
| 4 | And she 'd only just gone to the end of the road to phone Ken was working away . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She must be dreaming , but surely she had only just gone to sleep . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Who knows , ’ he pretended that the thought had only just occurred to him , ‘ they might be attacked by bandits . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ There could be a way to save him , ’ he said , as if the possibility had only just occurred to him . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I have n't been to a gym in ages , ’ Vitor said , and frowned as though the omission had only just occurred to him . |
| 14 | ‘ But I 've never just listened to Johnny Marr , ’ Bernard continues . |
| 15 | On an associated matter , I have only just written to Mrs Sharp formally requesting permission to borrow the large Slezer view of Edinburgh from the North currently hanging in the Edinburgh Room . |
| 16 | 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 ! |
| 17 | Although its seven hundred years years old , it 's only just come to official notice . |