Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] only [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And often she 'd touch down on my glove only to find something not quite right and promptly take off again . |
| 2 | I recently took my beloved Washburn EA30 out of its case only to find that , somewhere between a local theatre and home , I 'd managed to lose one of the plastic slide covers from the EQ ; a tiny thing , I know , but unless you 're Superman , totally unnoticeable from more than a foot away . |
| 3 | She moved her own hand towards her neck only to have it seized by Rune 's . |
| 4 | Laybacks and handjams have been especially efficient at suckering me into their grip only to spew me out into airborne humiliation . |
| 5 | HARRISONS & Crosfield must really dislike being classified as an overseas trader if it is willing to go through the complex process of changing its listing only to end up as a miscellaneous industrial . |
| 6 | The astonished porter disposes of this body as the previous one , but returns for his payment only to find , apparently , the corpse waiting for him again . |
| 7 | Arsenal ace opens his heart only to Mirror Sport |
| 8 | Joy , Alan and I stayed with him , and Miss Prescott left his side only to get us coffee and sandwiches , and later scotch and sandwiches , as we waited . |
| 9 | It was a stupid thing , he thought , three gold baubles on springs that set up a continual motion , banging one against the other , and he kept it on his desk only to please her . |
| 10 | He paused in his writing only to listen to a rather attractive Finnish poetess reading a sequence about her marital problems . |
| 11 | They still had some close escapes , the most important of which came after 49 minutes when midfielder Michael Thomas beat the keeper with his cross-shot only to see the ball come off the foot of a defender on the line . |
| 12 | While travelling from Kano to Lagos an officer of the French army recounts to a British member of the Nigerian Civil Service the mysterious circumstances in which , going to the relief of a desert fort manned by legionnaires , surrounded by rebel Tuaregs , he reaches his objective only to find no sign of a battle or siege , but a fort defended by corpses . |
| 13 | ‘ Your hands are like ice ! ’ he said in concern , and placed an arm quickly about her , his thought only to warm her . |
| 14 | Enoch Powell sat hunched and brooding , breaking his silence only to pass the time of day with John Biffen . |
| 15 | Thereupon he turns back irresolutely and returns to his house only to find , as a fresh disappointment , that his wife is not there . |
| 16 | She was gabbling , her voice breathy and barely under control , because she 'd raised her eyes to his face only to find the expression there more disturbing than the casual masculine pose he 'd adopted , and which had already reminded her of the night she 'd spent in his bed . |
| 17 | Basically , however , it is our practice only to paddle on Sundays in the fishing season and not even then on certain rivers when the salmon are running . |
| 18 | You have examined the work of other authors , which I called to your attention only to indicate the avenues that are open to us , not to say ‘ This is great writing : emulate it . ’ |
| 19 | Fighting is always a last resort , because the result is never certain ; and if we do fight , we have a responsibility to use our knowledge only to get us out of trouble — not for revenge or retribution . |