A verb in the plain past tense form + ばかり can be used to indicate that an action has just now occurred. To make it into a noun, just add の after ばかり (i.e., 買ったばかりのかばん for "the bag I just bought").
今、食べたばかりですから、お腹がいっぱいで、何も食べられません。
I just ate, so my stomach's full - I can't eat anything else.
リーさんは吸血鬼になったばかりだから、少し怒った。
Lee-san just became a vampire, so he's a little angry.
先週、一年生になったばかりの学生のためのオリエンテーションがあった。
Last week there was orientation for students who had just become first years.
トムが部屋で吐いたばかりだから、今そこで匂ってしまったんだ。
Tom just threw up in his room, so now it stinks in there.
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