Example sentences of "only [to-vb] that they [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | We have followed the trail of these people only to find that they have moved house and we can not trace them . |
| 5 | We have followed the trail of these people only to find that they have moved house and we can not trace them . |