Example sentences of "only [to-vb] [conj] it [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arriving at the edge of the quay , Fitzroy Maclean attempted to inflate it , only to discover that it had a puncture . |
| 2 | If , as naïve young hunters , they attacked a brightly coloured prey , bit it and started to chew it , only to discover that it had a foul taste or a poisonous secretion , they would probably remember it for the rest of their lives . |
| 3 | We 've heard of a small baby who chewed through a gift and swallowed a battery , and of a granny who bought one of those talking baby dolls for her favourite grandaughter , only to find that it had a vocabulary of four-letter words . |
| 4 | Many women have seen a new and demanding career at midlife as their way to satisfaction , only to find that it becomes a prime cause of problems for their husband . |
| 5 | We know this because sometimes we may use a word which we ourselves consider innocuous , only to find that it produces a strong emotional response in someone else . |