Example sentences of "'re only just [v-ing] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My darling ! ’ he whispered hoarsely , and , as if trying to believe what her eyes were telling him , his arm tightened about her and , ‘ Are those tears , the ones you 're only just managing to hold back , tears of joy ? ’ he asked tensely . |
| 2 | And we 're only just beginning to realise that . |
| 3 | ‘ We 're only just beginning to open the door ’ Matthews said . |
| 4 | So it looks as if er nature has kind of erm struck a bargain in this respect , that each parent can contribute exactly half , but I think it 's , we 're only just beginning to find out about what happens then and my guess is about internal conflict between genes because I strongly suspect that there must be a lot of that going on because , as I think you 've rightly seen , if we take this view of evolution as selecting for individual genes , then we would expect conflict even within the gender . |
| 5 | There is a rich erm , history of women in Scotland and we 're only just beginning to discover that and publish that , and I think that we will establish traditions by doing that . |
| 6 | We 're only just beginning to think about it . ’ |