Example sentences of "only [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gower needed just two runs to reach 7,000 in his hundredth Test and got them , only to fall immediately to a quite unnecessary flick down the leg side . |
| 2 | It is history now how he followed that perfectly shaped tee shot by greening a sumptuous 4-iron — only to lose out to Nick Faldo 's answering birdie as the Open champion holed a 15-footer on which the engines had cut out long before it dropped . |
| 3 | When they broke for lunch she left the stage very quickly , anxious only to go back to her room . |
| 4 | I wanted only to go down to the summer-house and watch the leaves falling until night fell with them . |
| 5 | There was a relationship between Jean Simmons ( then married to Stewart Granger ) and Burton which was so close that he continued embracing her , publicly , after the stroke of midnight one New Year 's Eve , only to look up to a slap in the face from Sybil , who instantly left the party — for New York . |
| 6 | We have only to look back to the debates about language across the curriculum to remember the puerile arguments over whose responsibility it was to teach language skills . |
| 7 | After a week together , Jakki flew back to Britain in floods of tears , only to fly back to the States again three days later to interview Madonna . |
| 8 | She needs only to run close to the form which saw her finish second to multiple scorer Kassab over course and distance last month to turn this contest into a procession . |
| 9 | If only to get on to the practical arrangements . ’ |
| 10 | It says that sales of meat have remained constant during the past 20 years , standing at 64.2 kg a head per year in 1970 , dipping slightly to 63.4 kg in 1980 , only to rise again to 65.4 kg in 1990 . |
| 11 | This touching but morbid In Memoriam served only to bring home to me the realisation of what now seemed inevitable . |