Example sentences of "have only just [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 — Clearly the words ‘ Now I am seeing this as apex ’ can not so far mean anything to a learner who has only just met the concepts of apex , base and so on — But I do not mean this as empirical proposition .
2 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 .
3 THE Queen 's cousin , Sir Angus Oglivy , has bought himself an early Christmas present — a Zike , the invention launched last summer by Sir Clive Sinclair but which has only just reached the shops at £499 .
4 The program has only just reached the material development loop , but it is nonetheless quite useful to look at its progress and comment on the development so far .
5 The Department of Interior has only just begun a two year study to streamline the fiendishly complex sets of planning rules that govern new mining projects .
6 Nancarrow , who has only just finished a ban for venting his anger by making an obscene gesture to a referee during the British Open , was reported to the tournament director for abusing match officials , his opponent , and the court .
7 I 'd only just bought the Granada .
8 Similarly they will have only just negotiated the entry of four new members — Austria , Sweden , Finland and Norway .
9 Stevie Wonder wrote , sang and played arguably his finest albums , ‘ Talking Book ’ and ‘ Innervisions ’ , having only just broken the twenty threshold .
10 Having only just mastered the art of walking ( let alone flying ! )
11 Mike , you 've only just made a come back really this year on the England side and everything .
12 Now independent taxation , as you may know , came in , we 're now in ninety three four , I 've only just altered the heading because very little else has changed and I 'm a lazy so and so I ca n't rewrite it just for the heading .
13 But no , but I ca n't could n't afford to be rude to him , I 've only just joined the choir .
14 Right , we we 're not doing the minutes for the tenth of January because you 've only just got the copies this evening so that 's being erm , we 'll go through those at the next meeting .
15 But we 've only just got the bubbles in and the soap 'll dissolve them .
16 I 've only just started the damn thing really .
17 No I 've only just put the , it 's just cos of the microphone 's on too much er I 've only just put the batteries in , some new batteries in .
18 No I 've only just put the , it 's just cos of the microphone 's on too much er I 've only just put the batteries in , some new batteries in .
19 MR MAJOR said last night that he had only just begun the tasks he had set himself .
20 But even as he at last turned and , more like a conjurer than ever , whipped the cloth from the object on the table , which turned out to be a saucepan containing water scooped from the shattered font , the first heavy drops began to drum on the altar table ; and while the Padre was saying : " Hope Mary Ellen , I baptize thee In the name of the Father and of the Son , and of the Holy Ghost , Amen , " the Collector , forgetting that he had only just renounced an interest in the vain pomp and glory of the world , thought crossly : " That wo n't do the Louis XVI table any good at all . "
21 He then visited Quebec Barracks and saw the new brick buildings there which had only just replaced the old South African war huts .
22 But now the meal was over , and David had only just made an appearance .
23 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 .
24 It seemed to D'Arcy that his head had only just hit the cushion on the settee in Victor 's flat when he was shaken awake .
25 I had only just joined the school as my family had recently moved into the area .
26 Cousin and neighbour Nicholas Gutesha , said : ‘ Robert had only just decorated the house as a Christmas treat for his mum . ’
27 This was the moment for me to escape , but I had only just left the sitting-room and reached the hall , when Mr Rochester appeared through another door .
28 If they wished to prevent Labour forming a government , they would have to come to an arrangement with Baldwin , rather than any other Conservative ; and since the Liberals had only just fought an election opposing Baldwin 's policy of Protection , this would be a difficult course for them to take .
29 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 .
30 YOU can also sue in the courts for breach of contract if your new employer breaks your terms and conditions , even if you have only just joined the firm .
  Next page