Example sentences of "have only just [vb pp] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have been considering the problem for some time — — unlike the right hon. Gentleman , who has only just discovered it . |
| 2 | The attack happened 2 weeks ago , but the victim was so distressed she has only just reported it to the police . |
| 3 | The first May I fell out my garden and put my elbow out , this , this , this one right out which makes it awkward for me to use now , you know , I , I put that right out and therefore erm I had to go at , up to hospital and put that right and the follow the following , the following May my bed caught alight with electric blanket and that blazed all up , had my , had my bed all alight my double bed , the electric blanket and I 'd only just had it serviced and that went , that was the second May and the third May we were going on an outing me and erm Arthur that was lodging with me and he , we got out of the taxi at Parndon and it , he just collapsed and died at me feet so that 's the , that was the end of that and I 've been living here you know , since he went , and erm I used to be able to get anywhere with one stick cos I had arthritis in this right hip you see , I could get anywhere with one stick in the taxi , or anywhere and I went to my son 's , er which is now coming , I 've been here about twelve years in this bungalow , er eight years erm , eight years ago in No this November gone , I went down to my son 's , it was rather slippery and he took me down in the car and I , as I got out erm the car I said to him mind it 's very slippery , he said I wo n't let you fall mother he said , so I went in , but as I came out with one stick he still had n't got anything down , you know , if it had been a , a sort of erm sand or something down I would n't of slipped and I got half way in his car and out I fell and caught this left hip on the step , on the step and I dislocated my hip and it 's right out of the socket like that , it should be , and I ca n't have it put back because I 've had several coronaries in my life time and I can not have it put back you see |
| 4 | Well I 'd only just brought it in the kitchen actually . |
| 5 | And I had Avenger estate , and I done the same with that and I got away with it for ages and I what you want a do , I know what you wan na do he erm , I mean that 's that 's really sort of pushing it over the top but he got a great big sheet of polythene , he went down to ready mix and had a load of ready mix in the back of this Avenger estate , brand new he 'd only just got it ! |
| 6 | I remembered Sopworth saying how the cat had no sense of territory , how he 'd only just caught it the first time it escaped , racing north along the A2 . |
| 7 | I 'm in love with Gillie , I 've only just realised it . |
| 8 | Oh , yes , I 've only just said it . |
| 9 | ‘ You 've only just made it before the final melt . ’ |
| 10 | You had no right to be ashamed of me , and I knew that all along , remember , even if you 've only just discovered it , so I did n't see why I should pander to your wish to keep our affair a secret , ’ she confessed defiantly . |
| 11 | Oh , no I 'll let you listen to it later , I ca n't be bo I 've only just played it and I 'm recording at the moment so , I 'll let you listen to it in a while . |
| 12 | This is in today 's edition , I 've only just seen it . ’ |
| 13 | So , I put it on the other way round this morning and he hates it , I 've only just done it |
| 14 | Mum looked pleadingly at him but not a word was said between any of us until he was opening the door to leave and Dad said , ‘ Bloody good riddance , an' do n't bang the door when you go , I 've only just mended it . ’ |
| 15 | And we 've only just bought it ! |
| 16 | I ca n't do anything about it erm yet because we 've only just got it , I mean what , what you thinking of ? |
| 17 | he says for cost price , our Kim says well it were a lot of money that bed and we 've only just got it |
| 18 | I 've only just got it in the washing machine . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've only just found it myself . ’ |
| 20 | I 've only just put it on |
| 21 | I 've only just put it out er , Rosie , but I 'll just put it in the microwave for a minute . |
| 22 | We 've only just had it ! |
| 23 | It was as if she had needed to do this for such a long , long time , but had only just realised it . |
| 24 | Grandad Terry Potter had only just installed it to stop Adam 's bids to get into the street at Barnsley , South Yorks . |
| 25 | I have ju I do n't know if it 's got any water in , I have only just boiled it . |
| 26 | Because it has n't been updated since 1973 some words which seems to have been around a while -palimony , Watergate and glasnost for instance have only just made it . |
| 27 | If you have , or have only just removed it , you will see a double wave as the needles respond to the punchcard . |
| 28 | Oh , sorry , no , you ca n't phone back , he 's only just got it and it has n't had a phone put in yet . |