Example sentences of "i had only just [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stayed up most of the night , totally engrossed in the book only to find that David Wood had published what I had only just begun to suspect , a definite pattern underlying the whole region of Rennes-le-Chateau . |
| 2 | I had only just joined the school as my family had recently moved into the area . |
| 3 | I had only just noticed her — so I must have been taking things seriously — but she was worth waiting to be polite to . |
| 4 | To interrupt at such a time would be selfish and babyish — which I had only just promised Heavenly Father not to be . |
| 5 | I had only just finished describing the happiness of endless life , when I realized that my friend 's shoulders were shaking and tears of laughter were running down his face . |
| 6 | This was the moment for me to escape , but I had only just left the sitting-room and reached the hall , when Mr Rochester appeared through another door . |
| 7 | I felt a momentary regret for all the waves I would never ride , when I had only just learned how . |