Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun sg] only [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stopped in town only to ask about Miss Havisham . |
| 2 | Though their long history from the early Cambrian to the present different groups of articulate brachiopods rose to prominence only to decline . |
| 3 | Whereupon Hargreaves threw his arms around Venetia and kissed her violently , pausing for breath only to make some comment about Public Ownership , as Giles sprawled upon the floor . |
| 4 | But he was so close , his other hand pulling her hard against his naked chest , his face so near to her own that it was difficult for her to breathe — so difficult that she had to open her mouth to draw in air only to find that he 'd taken advantage of the opportunity to deepen his kiss into one of familiarity . |
| 5 | In that scenario , children will then go to school only to gain social skills and join in curricular and other group activities . |
| 6 | While most reggae DJs rapidly rise in popularity only to sink within a year , Shabba 's following has swelled over the past four years to a point where the reggae market is too small to contain him — witness the shooting and tear gas panic last year at the Brixton Academy , or January 's trashing of Tower Records , London , during a personal appearance . |