Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [be] [adv] [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A quick rush of hope surged through her , only to be instantly squashed when Isabel remembered the treacherous reality behind the truth . |
| 2 | It is her ambition to be tried for her life for murdering a small tobacconist with a meat-cleaver , only to be dramatically cleared when her alibi is established by the bishop who was confirming her at the very moment of the crime . |
| 3 | The English do not seem to have taken this too seriously ; the fyrd , or coastal militia , was disbanded and the fleet paid off at the most crucial time in late summer , only to be hastily recalled when Harold Hardrada , the Norwegian king , invaded the north . |
| 4 | A year later , they were still in his mind when thinking simply of western civilization ; the Papuans came into his memory only to be cursorily dismissed as ‘ weak inaudible voices ’ . |
| 5 | We were thief takers , while others outside were excluded , perhaps to be dismissively described as ‘ mere uniform carriers ’ . |
| 6 | Working harder for constituents individually would mean more surgeries , not to be easily provided if they were to cover the large constituencies necessitated by the STV . |
| 7 | In the case of Archer-Shee , which is said to have established that such income is income of the beneficiary , it appears to have been conceded by the Revenue that it was not to be so treated as regards liability for Income Tax . |
| 8 | That school , like many of its contemporaries , was essentially a ‘ professionalizing ’ school preparing its better students for the more dignified occupations , rather than for higher education ( a development that was not to be fully realized until after 1945 and the expansion of the universities ) . |
| 9 | The old and unsatisfactory distinction is not to be unnecessarily perpetuated where the language of the Theft Act 1968 does not so require . |
| 10 | This new weak current had also to be electrically charged because in beta decay the neutral neutron turns into a positive proton . |
| 11 | It turned out to be uniquely suited because the station is no longer used as an American Maintenance base and is due to close in a few weeks time . |