Sentence examples for had barely set from inspiring English sources

Burma annexed it in 1784, when the British had barely set foot in the Irrawaddy delta.

He championed young artists, and he succeeded in attracting people who had barely set foot in a museum before.

We had barely set down our suitcases when our cabin attendant, Maria, appeared in the doorway to welcome us.

I had been home from St . Louisall of five minutes and had barely set my suitcase inside the front hall.

Myers and Tunstall had barely set foot in Tangier when the United States consul and a small group of Moroccan police officers arrested the two men.

Bruney recalls seeing returners embroiled in confrontation before they had barely set foot in the country, bristling at questions from the customs officer and responding disrespectfully.

But Mr Santorum must now set up a campaign infrastructure in states where he has barely set foot.

Mr. Trump has barely set foot inside a federal agency since his appalling trip to the Central Intelligence Agency on Jan.

The young man has barely set foot outside his room in the past two years, spending 23 hours a day in isolation.

But he is now so unpopular in the banlieues that—unlike Mr Le Pen he has barely set foot in them during the campaign.

I've barely set foot inside the Dar al Hossoun and the owner, Ollivier Verra, who is giving me a tour of the amazing hotel gardens, can't resist a little dig at Taroudant's more famous neighbour.