Example sentences of "[v-ing] only just " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kinnear is fed up with his side playing in front of the smallest crowds in the Premier League , averaging only just over 4,000 at Selhurst Park , the ground they share with Crystal Palace . |
| 2 | Finally , there is a third kind of solution , in which the universe is expanding only just fast enough to avoid recollapse . |
| 3 | I waded along to Harry who was sagging back against the corner , his head lolling only just above the surface . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In spite of Fraser having only just got back , he was invited to accompany them , and just as naturally agreed . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Stevie Wonder wrote , sang and played arguably his finest albums , ‘ Talking Book ’ and ‘ Innervisions ’ , having only just broken the twenty threshold . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | Having only just mastered the art of walking ( let alone flying ! ) |
| 10 | This system bore heavily on people earning only just over the threshold - and their employers . |