Example sentences of "only [to-vb] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The debtor remains in a sense owner ; he has a new sort of equitable ownership , ‘ an equity of redemption ’ , which he is only to lose after the court has given him ample opportunity to repay , and it becomes plain to the court that he can not or will not pay . |
| 2 | Note 2.4.4 The rather pedantic observation that ( ab ) c = a(bc) is included here only to emphasise that the associativity of unc depends heavily on that of . |
| 3 | The people fled , only to realize that the teacher had been left behind , so they went back to try and save him . |
| 4 | Companies not replying to the initial transmittal letter should be contacted only to establish if the letter has not been received , in which case a copy can be sent . |
| 5 | That is , if the same grammatical tag is found more than once in a position it is necessary only to know that the tag occurs in that position and the best scores associated with that tag . |
| 6 | But when her hubby heard of her endeavours he hotfooted it upstairs only to discover that the sock where he had hidden £500 was gone . |
| 7 | He knelt to check the old man 's pulse only to discover that the President was uncaring rather than unconscious . |
| 8 | Norton 's Coin 's participation in the race was something of a mistake , for Sirrell Griffiths had wanted to run him in the Cathcart Challenge Cup on the same day of the Cheltenham meeting , only to discover that the horse was ineligible . |
| 9 | There are many tales of naturalists who have gone to some place in search of a rare species , only to find that a member of that very species floats down out of the trees on gentle wings to besport itself before his amazed eyes , or appear in whatever appropriate manner to his appreciative gaze . |
| 10 | Do not do as I did and arrange to work only to find that the childminder changes her mind within the first few days . |
| 11 | He often went to discuss matters with the Lord High Admiral , James , Duke of York , only to find that the Duke had gone hunting . |
| 12 | I dropped down from the loch only to find that the terrain was considerably steeper than I recalled on the way up , although the compass said I was doing fine . |
| 13 | To gain the desired bronze , we often endure burnt shoulders and peeling noses , only to find that the colour fades all too quickly , often a couple of weeks after the holiday . |
| 14 | More than one manager has devised a superb presentation only to find that the date was yesterday or the time half an hour earlier . |
| 15 | The great noise woke Bacon and he hurried to the college gate only to find that the opportunity to build the wall of brass around Stamford had been missed and all his work was undone . |
| 16 | He accepted Toby 's outstretched hand , its appearance as limp as a flipper , only to find that the grasp was strong and confident . |
| 17 | People put together their bids only to find that the work invariably stays with the in-house team . |
| 18 | You have probably tried a variety of methods of losing weight with temporary success , only to find that the weight goes right back on again as soon as you return to your normal diet . |
| 19 | After seventy-three minutes of a disappointingly dull game , Lewis pounced on a shot by Cardiff 's Ferguson only to find that the sheen of his new Jersey caused the ball , with its polished leather , to slip from under him towards goal . |
| 20 | After his arrest , he had taken police to the spot , only to find that the cash had gone . |
| 21 | for every successful candidate there are bound to be at least two who were pipped at the post , who jumped the final fence only to find that the client had chosen one of their fellow front-runners : and these were the ones who — by and large — responded to the survey rather than the successful ones . |
| 22 | Most motorists know that it is possible to feel absolutely certain what the matter is with the engine and to put that right only to find that the car still does not start . |
| 23 | Even after the selection of this team I went home , switched on the television news , only to find that the weather forecast predicted blizzards in Scotland . |
| 24 | I am reminded of the time when we were leaving Italy after a while in the Dolomites and spent all our Italian cash in the last café making a phone call , only to find that the café owner was adding a surcharge to the bill . |
| 25 | How many times have hard-working men arrived home from work only to find that the house is upside down , furniture completely re-arranged and their favourite chair completely out of kilter with the best view of the TV ? |
| 26 | I do not want to go on a dictionary-chasing exercise , laying down one word only to find that the marketing men have circumvented it by finding another word . |
| 27 | Suddenly fearful she 'd attack him , he turned without picking the lamp up , only to find that the woman had already claimed her clothes from the snarl of sheets and was retreating to the bedroom door . |
| 28 | Lifting her bag from the shelf , she slung the strap over her shoulder and turned to go , only to find that the woman had placed herself between her and the door . |
| 29 | A common fault here is to think of the rotor disc as being the model , and watch it describe a graceful turn only to find that the fuselage is now pointing its tail at the ground . |
| 30 | Many time we have set up a tank containing large and heavy items as part of the decor , only to find that the undergravel filter has either collapsed flat or broken in half . |