Doug had barely settled into his chair when the phone rang.
They were barely settled when the first dolphin raised its head above the waters.
A heart rate barely settled after the summit trauma starts racing again.
I come from a planet that is barely settled.
We've barely settled into one set of characters when we're whisked off to meet the group.
But, barely settled into their hotel rooms, they found themselves covering major street battles yet again.
Jack had barely settled into his office when Rosa popped in from across the hall.
We'd barely settled in when, sure enough, on 15 May, we were moved again.
The different units had barely settled in when change came again.
But she had barely settled back when he took his arm away.