Examples of 'i had barely' in a sentence

Meaning of "i had barely"

The phrase 'I had barely' is used to express that someone had only just done or experienced something, with the implication that it was a close call or happened very recently

How to use "i had barely" in a sentence

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i had barely
I had barely enough food and water.
I began to appreciate songs that I had barely listened to before.
I had barely half the amount expected.
A friend had given me a gram but I had barely touched it.
I had barely seen any of the posters.
An emotional dimension whose surface I had barely touched until now.
I had barely started to work for him.
It was when I had barely started talking.
I had barely said two words to her.
Commander Chakotay lost consciousness immediately and I had barely activated the autopilot before I was overcome.
I had barely started the first box.
I had not read the book . I had barely seen any of the posters.
I had barely enough money for gas.
The cobbled streets were all but deserted, and I had barely been out in days.
I had barely spoken a word in four days.

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For the last month, I had barely eaten at all.
I had barely begun my story when he interrupted me.
Just a social event . I had barely started to work for him.
I had barely arrived in time to rescue him.
Now, this was something I had barely heard of let alone tried.
I had barely started to feel good with him.
Exempt from the rules? My mother and I had barely spoken in almost three years.
I had barely as many men as you.
Until graduation, I had barely studied anything.
I had barely learned the part.
When I went on my journey, I had barely ever held a golf club.
I had barely managed to pay for it.
By the end of dinner, I looked up to see that I had barely touched it.
I had barely a minute alone with the device.
At the end of a week, I noticed I had barely eked out a page.
I had barely heard of this book.
He wanted to die - now - after I had barely rescued him from the grave!
I had barely started the book.
And -- and we were there in the treatment rooms, and I had barely even started.
I had barely been born at the time.
For a week or more, I had barely eaten.
I had barely made coffee when my phone rang.
I'll also double the topping next time, as I had barely enough to cov.
And i had barely finished my bagel.
I had barely escaped that time.
Not when I had barely processed it myself.
I had barely raised the camera.
And then I had barely cut the potat.
I had barely practiced my lesson at all that week.
Until then, I had barely heard of the disease.
I had barely any trouble communicating with people.
At that age, I had barely started learning to sing.
I had barely got home when the storm broke.
Keep in mind - I had barely spoken to him for months.
I had barely spoken to anyone.

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