Example sentences of "have only just [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police discovered Carol Clark 's other life last week , but have only just revealed details . |
| 2 | This special place of the Sun in the Galaxy , if confirmed , certainly alters our picture of even the recent geological history of our planet , since we have only just emerged from a spiral arm . |
| 3 | I have ju I do n't know if it 's got any water in , I have only just boiled it . |
| 4 | I have only just flown in from Paris and I am very tired . ’ |
| 5 | Arts groups have only just begun to take on board the fact that they have to be much more proactive if they are to tap the creativity of people who may be confined to their homes or only get out to day centres with help . |
| 6 | Laboratory chemists have only just begun to wake up to this change . |
| 7 | However , Will Purser helped me with a few defensive sentences such as , ‘ Please talk slowly , I have only just begun to learn Burmese . ’ |
| 8 | On this basis , we have only just begun to explore some of the social processes that are associated with teachers ' work . |
| 9 | ‘ I have only just begun discussions with Celtic over renewing my contract and it has not got to the stage of the manager making me an offer , ’ said the player whose ability to impose himself on the opposition might be thought worthy of international recognition . |
| 10 | A dong chop nau nau — I have only just eaten |
| 11 | YOU can also sue in the courts for breach of contract if your new employer breaks your terms and conditions , even if you have only just joined the firm . |
| 12 | I have only just understood that this logic was so . |
| 13 | I have only just plucked up the courage to write to you after a year and a half of reading ZZAP ! |
| 14 | On an associated matter , I have only just written to Mrs Sharp formally requesting permission to borrow the large Slezer view of Edinburgh from the North currently hanging in the Edinburgh Room . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I ca n't blame her for not admitting anything : we have only just met . |
| 17 | Up to now all has been plain sailing but at the third row you have a straight arrow indicating to select needles again and transfer with the lace carriage and you have only just transferred stitches the other way without working two knit rows between . |
| 18 | They went to give emergency help during the height of the oilspill disaster and have only just returned after setting up an animal hospital . |
| 19 | Legislators have only just passed the 1993 budget , and they will not appreciate having to rearrange the billions in pork they packed into it . |
| 20 | ‘ We have only just finished the legal disputes , ’ he says , ‘ and we 're still fighting compensation battles . |
| 21 | After ten years of touring and rehearsing , the languid Scots have only just finished their third album . |
| 22 | ‘ We have only just found out that we have the opportunity to buy the agency . |
| 23 | That way , you wo n't feel too badly about picking flowers that have only just opened , and the rest of your garden will be left in all its glory . |
| 24 | Here I am , for Chrissakes , about to dine alongside two people who knew Claudia Cohn-Casson , in surroundings she knew well , in an ambience which I know ail too well , although I have only just arrived . |
| 25 | ‘ Forgive me , ’ Legion interrupted , sincerity oozing from each of its voices , ‘ but I have only just arrived in this solar system . |
| 26 | Beleaguered chief executive Chris Hassall said : ‘ The two we talked to — Ken Benjamin and Anthony Cummins — have only just come onto the scene and they are very inexperienced in real international cricket . |
| 27 | Dewdrops , on the other hand , exist , not because they are durable , but because they have only just come into existence and have not yet had time to evaporate . |
| 28 | Now , although the polls have only just closed , I think that , on the basis of a sample of the replies to our invitations , we can make a projection about the number of people coming to this party and also say something about the ‘ social mix ’ . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | On the other hand it appears that on occasions drivers may have no memory at all for road signs which they have just seen or for relatively complex manoeuvres which they have only just performed . |