Example sentences of "only just [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ Oh , it 's only just blown up . |
| 2 | Hewitt had only just broken through into the first team and gave a good account of himself in matches against Crewe and Chesterfield . |
| 3 | I have only just plucked up the courage to write to you after a year and a half of reading ZZAP ! |
| 4 | I have only just flown in from Paris and I am very tired . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Because I only just made up my mind , ’ replied Rosie . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | But I 've only just gone up anyway . |
| 13 | She 's only just gone down , after givin' me her life story and what 'appened at her granddad 's funeral when a wheel came off the 'earse . |
| 14 | Ee ee he should n't be able to buy them cos he 's only just gone down ! |
| 15 | Well she 's only just gone back tonight . |
| 16 | No they 've only just gone out |
| 17 | those are n't ready , they 've only just gone out |
| 18 | It 's only just gone off . |
| 19 | You 've only just gone off ro , erm Tamsin . |
| 20 | Especially since I 'd only just arrived back from Paris . ’ |
| 21 | Did I gather he had only just arrived back ? ’ |
| 22 | Gazing at him in astonishment , Fabia only just held down a gasp . |
| 23 | we 've only just started off . |
| 24 | The hon. Gentleman , who has only just wandered in , should realise that I am responding to points raised earlier by his hon. Friends . |
| 25 | Cos I thought well the couple had only just walked up there and I thought to myself oh well he might meet up with them , you know . |
| 26 | 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 ! |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Well it was if it 's only just come through from the fryer |
| 29 | I mean I 've only just come out of hospital and as it is I 'm still fairly well Macked with it . |
| 30 | 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 . ’ |