Examples of 'had only just' in a sentence

Meaning of "had only just"

had only just - Indicates that a specific action or event occurred very recently or a short time ago. It conveys the idea of something happening at a moment not long before the present

How to use "had only just" in a sentence

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had only just
The ice had only just melted.
The miniaturisation of clocks had only just begun.
We had only just gotten to know them.
The inquiry had only just begun.
Had only just enough power to fly.
Perhaps they had only just been lit.
I had only just begun to appreciate him.
I expect you had only just woke up.
We had only just starting using email.
But capitalism had only just begun.
She had only just learned to walk.
University life had only just begun.
He had only just entered high school.
The violence had only just begun.
He had only just finished his dinner.

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Their games had only just begun.
He had only just learned to speak clearly.
We were young and had only just met.
Toni had only just forgiven her.
My training really had only just begun.
She had only just ensconced herself.
The hard work had only just begun.
I had only just lost four million dollars.
My associate had only just told me.
I had only just joined when.
I had not realised it had only just gone four.
Who had only just so many years to live.
Her longest day had only just begun.
I had only just met him.
But the fraudster had only just begun.
Had only just been delivered to him by the prosecution.
The butcher had only just delivered it.
Had only just recently been opened to the public.
The game had only just begun.
I must confess that their troubles had only just begun.
Pasteur had only just invented them.
But his political decline had only just begun.
Eremus had only just been born.
The departure from naturalism had only just begun.
As if it had only just left the workshop.
The ordeal of the survivors had only just begun.
Nurse had only just left me.
And their life together had only just begun.
Harold had only just been born.
But the efforts of the government had only just begun.
The woman had only just awakened.
But that contradicted what she had only just said.
Middlekauff had only just returned to the team.
His father was surrounded by a makeshift family he had only just met.
The chaos had only just begun.

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You guys just get out of here
Just like that one over there
He could not have just jumped through it
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