Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] only to see " in BNC.
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| 1 | At best we are trapped in a modern version of the ancient myth of Sisyphus : condemned forever to roll the electoral stone to the top of the hill only to see it roll back down again . |
| 2 | Many inside of Sun at the grass roots level have not agreed with that corporate gospel , hence the repeated attempts to wheel one out the door only to see those plans aborted by management and marketing . |
| 3 | Then midfielder Gavin Johnson went close with a header before veteran striker Paul Goddard found the net only to see his spectacular volley disallowed for a foul on Ray Houghton . |
| 4 | In a business where fees are usually paid on a success only , rather than an hourly , basis , this may come a bit hard to people who have worked hard for two or three months on a deal only to see it fall at the last hurdle . |
| 5 | No employer will willingly train a craftsman only to see him go down the road to work for another employer who has invested nothing in training . |
| 6 | ‘ Do you think I 've lost a fortune only to see it salted away in the same nip-cheese fashion as before ? |
| 7 | I spent a long time diving frantically after them , jamming the sheet at a bunch only to see half of them streaking out the other end , and I might have gone on indefinitely had I not felt a gentle touch on my arm . |