Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] that they [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The darkness was almost complete now ; she could only see the faintest outline of his features , enough to know that they 'd taken on a hard , determined cast . |
| 2 | We arrived at their home in Bruton , Somerset , only to find that they 'd got the date wrong and were n't prepared for us . |
| 3 | The other area was er the area of er tour operators and allocations because as you know holidays was not one of your accounts and we wandered in there only to find that they 'd got allocations and business was |
| 4 | Alas , on boarding the Docklands Light Railway the party was confronted by an inspector only to find that they had purchased childrens ' tickets by mistake . |
| 5 | We have followed the trail of these people only to find that they have moved house and we can not trace them . |
| 6 | We have followed the trail of these people only to find that they have moved house and we can not trace them . |
| 7 | Not all the transactions were strictly honest , though , and sometimes customers got home to discover that they 'd bought a cat or a puppy , thus that expression and an expression bonus : ‘ letting the cat out of the bag ’ . |
| 8 | Compaq Computer Corp and Microsoft Corp came together in Washington yesterday to announce that they have entered into a comprehensive agreement to develop new products and markets and to make personal computers easier to use . |
| 9 | There was no reversal of policy : Nkrumah had been right in assessing their relative positions on Africa , only now the Tories were out to show that they had shed pre-war Conservatism . |