Example sentences of "only [prep] be [vb pp] [adv prt] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the plaster dust settled , dazed guards emerged from the interior of the palace , only to be cut down by the machete-wielding cacos who had brought their knowledge of the palace to the rebels . |
| 2 | ‘ The zoo , ’ Paul butted in , only to be butted out by his mother . |
| 3 | Roddie had the ball in the net on two other occasions only to be ruled out by the referee for infringements , and Iceland duly rubbed salt in the wounds when Feyenoord 's Arnar Gunnlaugsson crossed from the right and Thordur Gudjonsson blasted the equaliser past substitute goalkeeper Jim Will . |
| 4 | The trail begins with the now defunct Whitechapel Workstations Ltd back in 1987 , which ran out of money in April 1988 only to be bailed out by a European consortium funded by Barron International Holdings of Gibraltar . |
| 5 | Soldiers , battle-wagons , helicopters and rockets rush towards you with alarming speed , only to be shot down by John in true Op Wolf/Thunderbolt fashion . |
| 6 | Reading 's Adrian Williams was sent clear only to be dragged down by Thomas on the edge of the area in the 51st minute and referee Ron Groves immediately reached for the red card . |
| 7 | Every now and again rust pimples up , metallic lichen destined only to be beaten back by the lavish care and attention administered by Grant . |
| 8 | A look , movement or philosophy may start energetically and idealistically , only to be killed off by hype . |
| 9 | So many made it onto land only to be turned back by some unforeseen ailment . |
| 10 | As outsiders they were n't given a chance , but with McBride leading by example , they reached the semi-final stage only to be pushed out by an injury-time winning try by Australia . |
| 11 | Sometimes they would drive off in their vehicle without the fieldworker , only to be called back by the sergeant after she made a complaint . |
| 12 | He was just beginning to worry about his fuel situation when he was called into the searchlight area , only to be fired on by A.A. He advised Control that he was coming in to land and requested that the flare path be lit , but was advised that there was still an alert in force and therefore no flare path could be employed . |
| 13 | Then Hereford substitute Colin Anderson ran into a crowd of defenders only to be brought down by Barrow . |
| 14 | Abingdon got off to the best possible start when the live wire , Liam Herbert latched on to a ball in the penalty area , only to be brought down by Egham keeper , Paul Allis in the second minute . |
| 15 | As a conscious exercise in boosting public morale at a difficult time there was a real danger of over-indulgence in wishful thinking ; it would be a cruel delusion to anticipate too many rabbits out of the hat , only to be fobbed off by the patter of the conjurer . |
| 16 | The children surged dogwards , with mingled shrieks of condolence and joy , only to be hurled back by my even higher-decibel commands not to venture o'er the noisome swamp , which I gallantly traversed to unwind the stupid restrainer from the poor dog 's jaws , wondering the while if he 'd take a justified revenge on the human race by biting me ; which he did n't . |
| 17 | The police chief Tuma was taken to court by one judge for breaking an October 1989 decree to remove the miners , only to be let off by another a few weeks later . |
| 18 | Some hoping to escape evidently pretended to lie dead , ‘ like rabbits ’ , but sooner or later lost their nerve and bounded up to regain their trenches , only to be picked off by Campana 's men , who found the spectacle rather diverting . |
| 19 | Only to be thrown back by the magic of the fire in the tree , the tree spirit , herself , flickering through time , watching , watching for the clay-haired rider . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , the T-shirt stalls that usually clutter the Venice Beach Boardwalk disappeared and were replaced by quaint bookstores and outdoor caféd from the Sixties , so convincingly real that residents of the area walked into them , only to be thrown out by laughing security guards . |
| 21 | 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 . |