Example sentences of "have only just [vb pp] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My son has only just reached his majority , and I understand he is in no immediate financial need . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He 'd spoken so quietly , his face against the top of her head , that she 'd only just heard his words . |
| 4 | and I mean I then I 'd only just had my operation an and to actually drive for longer than about twenty minute journeys was killing so |
| 5 | ‘ You see , we 've only just eaten our lessons for today , and it 's made us feel rather sick . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 've only just reached my decision , ’ Adam said softly . |
| 7 | Coming from the lead guitarist in a band who 've only just released their second single , you 'd expect such remarks to be taken with a hefty pinch of salt . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've only just had my tea . |
| 9 | No not yet , I 've only just had my tea ! |
| 10 | cos I 've only just had my tea |
| 11 | Oh Geoff , you 've only just had your tea ! |
| 12 | and I 've only just finished our , our Christmas er bun loaf sort of thing , you know |
| 13 | The government , however , had only just begun their punitive measures against excessive liberalism . |
| 14 | The court was told that all three were now grown up , with the girls 27 and 31 , and had only just revealed their ordeal at the hands of their stepfather . |
| 15 | For example , emotional problems are often presented as justification for a person 's drunkenness , especially if they are female , and on one occasion a youth who had been involved in an accident but who had only just passed his driving test was let off with a caution by a policewoman in sympathy for his inexperience . |
| 16 | The group found themselves part of a movement called ‘ Shambling ’ , which was largely a reaction to the po-faced stance of goth that had only just entered its coffin . |
| 17 | We allowed our gaze to wander south until it lighted upon the bulk of Ancohuma 's eastern slopes , a face we knew nothing of on a mountain that had only just entered our lives . |
| 18 | After ten years of touring and rehearsing , the languid Scots have only just finished their third album . |
| 19 | British businessmen feel they have only just restored their right to manage after a hard-won showdown with organised labour . |
| 20 | Only Sara seemed composed and judicial ; looking directly at Gerald she said : ‘ The police have only just started their questioning ; I think we should be very careful about what we say to them . |
| 21 | she 's , she 's only just had her money through , remember when we met them in Tenerife |