Example sentences of "[noun sg] only [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Martin Luther 's words , just as a mother goes to the cradle only to find the baby , we go to the Bible only to find Christ . |
| 2 | Clause 11 of Precedent 1 is a very short form of confidentiality clause , which is mutually binding , while cl 11.1 of Precedent 2 is inserted by the buyer only to bind the seller . |
| 3 | I 'm also changing the Description to read ‘ NATO — The great Hack ’ — I show you this trick only to emphasize the control you have over Windows ; not so you can sneak onto a friend 's PC and swap all their icons around ! |
| 4 | Cursing the Post Office and the weather in equal proportions , ‘ Buck ’ Buchanan slowly brought the aircraft around and with a considerable tailwind we headed back to Moose Jaw only to find the airport building deserted except for the night watchman huddled by his coal-oil heater with the mail-bags beside him . |
| 5 | ‘ And that one ‘ undred was only because the grahnd sloped like the north face of Iverest of ‘ e ‘ ad only to tap the ball and it got up faster speed than any fielder . ’ |
| 6 | Instead , the vendor will normally seek undertakings from the purchaser only to operate the business in the same or a similar manner to the way it was operated before the sale . |
| 7 | You can spend an enormous amount of time checking out the possibilities for a particular audio-visual presentation only to find the organiser or speaker changes his mind . |
| 8 | At the end of each game they had one chance and one chance only to answer the riddle they had been set . |
| 9 | Eric Cantona went as close as anyone when he tried a 40 yard lob which sailed over the goalkeeper 's head only to hit the bar and bounce into the grateful arms of Dmitri Kharine . |
| 10 | He was given authority only to investigate the issue . |
| 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 | Lee Horan stood in the centre of the small bedroom and fastened his tie , leaning towards the mirror only to check the end result . |
| 13 | Neither does the inquirer need to come with a programme almost ready made wanting the centre only to book the air tickets . |
| 14 | In this paradise , our man saunters along the road only to obstruct the rush of business . |
| 15 | They arrived for the performance only to find the tape recorder would not work . |
| 16 | Nor did it escape the notice of other critics of the Association that a handbill , lengthily entitled " A Dialogue between Tom and Harry on the Duties of Seamen and the Just and Equitable Rewards for their Services " , was in practice nothing more or less than a statement of union policy on bargaining with shipowners and published in this form only to avoid the appearance that the Standard was more than an innocent friendly society . |
| 17 | Enoch Powell sat hunched and brooding , breaking his silence only to pass the time of day with John Biffen . |
| 18 | I bought an amplifier from a mail order company only to find the unit was faulty ( it crackled on the overdrive channel ) when it arrived . |
| 19 | Section 31 explains the rights of an assignee of share in partnership : ( 1 ) An assignment by a partner of his share in the partnership , either absolute or by way of mortage or redeemable charge , does not , as against the other partners , entitle the assignee , during the continuance of the partnership , to interfere in the management or administration of the partnership business or affairs , or to require any accounts of the partnership transactions , or to inspect the partnership books , but entitles the assignee only to receive the share of profits to which the assigning partner would otherwise be entitled , and the assignee must accept the account of profits agreed to by the partners . |
| 20 | That authority will have the power only to prohibit the launch of the offer or to require the offeror to publish a corrected offer where the information furnished by the offeror is insufficient . |
| 21 | Detective Inspector Anderson , who was in charge of the case , rushed his men to the house only to find the bird had flown , luckily for him only as far as Caversham . |
| 22 | Grant had time only to register the knowledge that he had lost the unequal contest , and with it his life , before the final hiraken knuckle-blow landed , breaking his nose and cheekbones , and smashing him into bloody oblivion . |
| 23 | 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 . |