Example sentences of "have only just [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BSL research has only just begun and a great deal more will emerge in the coming years . |
| 2 | This process has only just begun and is likely to continue until the middle of this decade . |
| 3 | I 'm sorry — it 's awful , I know , but I 've only just heard and — Hello — is anybody there … ? ’ |
| 4 | God , we 've only just met and you 're coming on like some rampant nut-eater . |
| 5 | Let's pretend we 've only just met and this is our first date . |
| 6 | Indeed , once the mother of one of Greg 's friends rang up about some arrangements the boys had made together , and she said , ‘ Oh , by the way , I 've only just learned that Greg 's sister whom Richard talks about is adopted . ’ |
| 7 | She appeared taken aback , as if she had only just realised that the pair of them were not alone . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She had only just seen that Beuno had come and was sitting in the garden amongst the wild Welsh poppies and the camomile daisies and the pheasant feathers . |
| 10 | It had only just started when he rang the bell . ’ |
| 11 | She had only just finished when he called her to join him and enjoy the view of Gibraltar from the sea . |
| 12 | I have only just understood that this logic was so . |