Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] only [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | More often than not Ma starts me off only to leave me stranded above the waterdragon with my–backside wedged into the Young Person 's Patent Toilet Seat Adaptor ( another trophy won from the WI jumble by Pa ) . |
2 | Was he furious because she 'd led him on only to change her mind at the last minute ? |
3 | First Parker put him clear only to see him miscontrol and allow Gunn to save — and then Gunn kept out his close-range diving header . |
4 | It was n't as if they had some sort of relationship ; he had taken her out only to help her with her search . |
5 | I disclose it now only to help you save your niece . |