Example sentences of "only just [vb pp] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hewitt had only just broken through into the first team and gave a good account of himself in matches against Crewe and Chesterfield . |
| 2 | I have only just flown in from Paris and I am very tired . ’ |
| 3 | And with the aid of the wind got an awful lot of distance on that kick and almost earned side a corner , it was only just kept in by his opposite number Tommy Wright . |
| 4 | Royal Ballerina was only just touched off by Intrepidity in the English Oaks and then was runner-up again in the Irish version when Weymss Bright triumphed . |
| 5 | Royal Ballerina was only just touched off by Intrepidity in the English Oaks and then was runner-up again in the Irish version when Weymss Bright triumphed . |
| 6 | We 've only just met again after being apart for years . |
| 7 | ‘ We destroyed him because he betrayed The Law ! ’ said Hasan , in the kind of voice that suggested Hasan the Second , the Twenty-third Imam of the Nizari Ismailis , had only just popped out of the room for a cup of coffee instead of being stabbed nearly a thousand years ago . |
| 8 | So , anyway , erm he went to see this lad , then he says oh I 've only just rang up about these speakers , they 're eleven pound odd each . |
| 9 | New Level , track record holder at Sunderland and Brough Park , clocked a respectable 29.19 sec ( -10 ) winning his heat by 1 5 lengths , while Pond Pavarotti only just scraped through in the faster time of 29.15 , beaten 6 9 lengths by another North-East dog , Capricorn Note , which was also trained until recently by Williams . |
| 10 | Especially since I 'd only just arrived back from Paris . ’ |
| 11 | It 's staying on the dual carriageway , well I went round Steven 's to see if he thought to tow it round mine cos the already been on my back once oh no he said I 've only just walked in from work I 'm having my tea then I 'm going to bed he said , there 's no way I 'm towing no motor for the he said , just f off ! |
| 12 | Davis Cup nerves certainly got to them as they started their defence of a trophy they had only just won back for the first time since 1932 but full marks to the British challengers who gave of their best in terms of commitment and attitude . |
| 13 | Well it was if it 's only just come through from the fryer |
| 14 | I mean I 've only just come out of hospital and as it is I 'm still fairly well Macked with it . |
| 15 | But he admitted : ‘ It is a crashing diappointment for Rob because he had only just come back into the side — and his return coincided with two successive clean sheets . ’ |
| 16 | And Rodger has only just come back from three weeks ' rehabilitation at Lilleshall . |
| 17 | It was disappointing to discover on asking if I could have them to find that the museum had only just got round to registering what appeared to be Audubon 's proofs . |
| 18 | He 'd only just got right from flu . |
| 19 | I 've only just got back to the UK ’ He looked around him . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've only just got back to my room and picked up your message . |
| 21 | I have n't had time to think yet , I 've only just got back in on the phone and sorting out the printer . |
| 22 | Of course , we have only just got back from our honeymoon . ’ |
| 23 | He did not think there would be any point in Sara travelling to Wellingham that evening , especially as she had only just got back from abroad . |
| 24 | Hello er , I 'm phoning on behalf of Mrs Ada er she 's got to come in for a scan on the fourth of February , nine o'clock , now we 've only just got back from the hospital today , cos she oh , she had to go today for one , yeah , and we 've just |
| 25 | You 've only just got out of bed , |
| 26 | ‘ I 've only just got out of bed . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 've only just got out of it ! |
| 28 | Agfa 's Rodinal falls into this category , although at 100 years old it is positively ancient and not modern , but it nevertheless has many qualities that other modern developers have only just caught up with . |
| 29 | Both Gary Smith and Barry Dowdeswell , chief executive of the Royal Victoria Infirmary , Newcastle 's oldest teaching hospital , agreed that the acute hospitals had only just woken up to community care . |