Example sentences of "[noun] only [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To such people the world abroad too often resembled a sewer down which credulous Americans were persuaded to pour money only to be surprised when it disappeared without trace . |
| 2 | In June his mother enquired about progress only to be told ‘ Why , he is not even thinking of it … so far we know nothing either about the cast or about the libretto ’ . |
| 3 | Then Hereford substitute Colin Anderson ran into a crowd of defenders only to be brought down by Barrow . |
| 4 | It 's of course only to be expected that people should moan about the tax they 've got to pay and people always complain that it seems to go up every year . |
| 5 | Wembley was witnessing a classic … the drama thundered on … three goal scoring chances were conjured up by Swindon only to be magiced away by Leicester … |
| 6 | It was in any case only to be expected that a serious move by the Community to advance further through a reduction of national sovereignty and freedom to act independently would generate a nationalist opposition . |
| 7 | The imperial schism had already become a question of European concern , sparking off a network of alliances and counter-alliances only to be matched by those of later eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe . |
| 8 | A few did succeed in reaching the border , however , and on Aug. 13 at least 15 dissidents cut through a barbed wire fence only to be arrested as they rushed towards the Demilitarized Zone which divided the two Korean states . |
| 9 | But even in remote situations I would strongly advise against this , after doing as much in a cottage in Appin only to be greeted by the landlord who had popped in to see if we were alright . |
| 10 | In 1863 , Manet 's Déjeuner sur l'herbe was rejected at the annual Salon only to be exhibited at the Salon des Refusés . |
| 11 | She knew how Beth had gone to the lodging house on the night when her own father disowned her ; how she had run to her lover only to be turned away from there broken-hearted when the girl claimed that Tyler was the father of her own mythical child . |
| 12 | The basic tale of how young Winifred Gwenffrwd , was attacked and beheaded by her thwarted assailant only to be revived by her uncle , St Beuno , is one of the better known legends of ancient Wales . |
| 13 | The animal bounced back to its feet only to be killed by a bus . |
| 14 | Yesterday we rang Frank at home only to be told by his mum : ‘ Oh No . |
| 15 | I weep for Barrow 's prospects were there conceivably any change in Government , because the right hon. Member for Manchester , Gorton ( Mr. Kaufman ) has said that the Opposition would replace a cancelled fourth boat with equivalent work only to be denounced by his own candidate in Barrow who used the words ’ ignorant and ill-informed ’ . |
| 16 | The cur tumbled into the moat only to be rescued by the brave Señor Sanchez . |
| 17 | It was at the end of the Fifties that the joke became popular about one high-powered executive calling another on his car telephone only to be told : ‘ He 's on the other line ’ . |
| 18 | His dream only to be fulfilled |
| 19 | The second Bill had passed through the House of Commons only to be thrown out by the House of Lords which could reject all legislation except money bills . |
| 20 | Transported to this bleak planet only to be confronted by a marauding gang of giant tortoises . |
| 21 | And on Saturday , he contacted the UN only to be greeted with an answering machine . |
| 22 | Asked about his first day , Terry said : ‘ I was stunned when I turned up on the Monday only to be confronted with the aftermath of the weekend fire . |
| 23 | He became mayor again after the war only to be dismissed by a British officer of the occupying forces , who found him as awkward to deal with as the Nazis had . |
| 24 | We have doubled our medical input to our immunisation clinics and struggled through the difficulties of vaccine availability only to be informed that we are working for no reward . |
| 25 | On sixty one minutes , Steve Jenkins ran through on to Gary Murphy 's through ball only to be died by the cross bar . |
| 26 | It would be a neat trick of fate if he survived the plasma energy weapons of the platforms only to be burned to a crisp because the pod entered the upper atmosphere of Tarvaras at the incorrect angle . |
| 27 | In 1872 he served briefly on Birmingham town council , being elected to fill a casual vacancy in October only to be defeated at the municipal elections a month later , but by this time it was apparent that he was a talented organizer and in 1873 he was appointed full-time secretary of the Birmingham Liberal Association in succession to William Harris . |
| 28 | Stung , Branagh resisted the criticism only to be told : ‘ It 's what you pay me for do it again . ’ |
| 29 | Then it seemed that the Lebanese civil war was one of those historical tragedies in which opposing communities fought themselves to a standstill only to be reconciled by a central government and foreign economic assistance . |
| 30 | Platt was in England earlier this week , but flew back to play for Juventus in a friendly against Spal in Ferrara on Wednesday only to be pulled out of the game by his club . |