Example sentences of "having only [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having only just made peace with his companion of fifteen years , Anjelica Huston , he was struck by the first kiss-and-tell in his entire life , and he was angry . |
| 2 | Stevie Wonder wrote , sang and played arguably his finest albums , ‘ Talking Book ’ and ‘ Innervisions ’ , having only just broken the twenty threshold . |
| 3 | To confirm his fears , when we had been driving out of Tangier docks late at night , having only just arrived on African soil , a group of men had tried to stop us . |
| 4 | She phoned to say that , having only just returned from Chester , it would be around nine before she could get over with it , and would that be all right ? |
| 5 | Having only just mastered the art of walking ( let alone flying ! ) |
| 6 | In spite of Fraser having only just got back , he was invited to accompany them , and just as naturally agreed . |
| 7 | Having only recently arrived in the Province , this is the first ti me he has had to do them , and they are taking him some ti me . |
| 8 | Having only recently regained employment he says he is still too poor to buy one . |
| 9 | But , having only ever slept with one other man — a fellow student back in her college days — she could be classed as a sexual novice , Ashley thought tormentedly , whereas Vitor d'Arcos was an experienced man of the world . |