Example sentences of "only [verb] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The teamwork was superfluous , because the pilot was dead before the second burst hit him , his plane was on fire before the third burst cut it apart , and the fourth simply knocked sideways a wreck which had only to fall to the ground . |
| 2 | The name comes from the old Norse word meaning ‘ to gush ’ and was not only given to the township nearby , but got into the English language as a descriptive name for any jet of water . |
| 3 | He was expecting to become a country parson on his return to Britain , and was only assigned to the Beagle expedition through the recommendations of professor Henslow , his mentor . |
| 4 | They are frequently semi-derelict , insanitary and damp and their restoration not only contributes to the renewal of the local housing stock but provides employment for local builders and traders . |
| 5 | But he did , and explained why the Tory reforms attended to patient and parent whereas the Labour ones only pandered to the producer . |
| 6 | Sunday was not much better ; Miss Huntley had not risen from her bed until one p.m. and had not left the flat until five , then only to go to the cinema . |
| 7 | Scouts had only to go to the North-east , the Birmingham area or any of the thickly populated districts to discover several players almost up to the top League standard . |
| 8 | The fact that so few complied not only testifies to the courage of those who signed , but also gives the lie to the notion that they were somehow conned into signing or that they did so out of temporary frustration with events immediately following the Danish vote . |
| 9 | Only change to the Bomber Command Hall will come with the removal of the Mosquito T.III , which is being replaced with the much more appropriate Mosquito B.35 TJ138 , which has been refurbished at St Athan . |
| 10 | Family cases should be only referred to a solicitor where detailed advice and negotiation about the arrangements to be made for financial provision and for the children were needed ; other civil cases should only be referred once it was clear that court proceedings should be initiated . |
| 11 | Shortly after the sack , Stamford was granted its great Charter of Incorporation by the newly acclaimed Yorkist king Edward IV , which gave it considerable rewards for its loyalty ( an earlier charter of 972 , which was a post-conquest forgery , and only referred to the mint at Stamford , was still celebrated in 1972 ) . |
| 12 | It was so much the sort of remark one could only make to a girl friend , but Rupert took it very nicely and said with only slightly forced heartiness , ‘ Jolly good , and it 's an excuse for me to have a better meal than usual , too . |
| 13 | Eventually the little bus was summoned again , and we jumped in thankfully and set off towards the plane , only to grind to a halt at Operations again . |
| 14 | The minister 's entourage and assembled media swept into the narrow office building only to grind to a halt on the stairs while he and Mr Fallon shut themselves off for a brief chat . |
| 15 | He waited in growing irritation while a woman minutely described her missing cat , and impressed on the desk-sergeant that it would only answer to the name Roger . |
| 16 | It was successfully argued that the phrase " is or " could only relate to a customer when the soliciting is taking place . |
| 17 | ‘ This lift only goes to the penthouse , ’ he mocked as they came to a smooth halt . |
| 18 | It was a faculty common to all good sailors , the essential extra that enabled them to meet the seas whatever the conditions so that their craft ran straight rather than in the long zig-zags of the helmsman imprisoned by the compass and only reacting to the swing of its needle . |
| 19 | Mr and Mrs Maughan — who only moved to the house in King 's Heath , Birmingham , a month ago — were being comforted by relatives . |
| 20 | The money supply is of no intrinsic significance : it only matters to the extent that it may be manipulated in such a way as to achieve other intermediate objectives of macroeconomic policy such as interest rate or exchange rate stability . |
| 21 | ‘ If you did n't die yourself , that only added to the spice because it was so heightened , it was so endlessly dramatic and exciting . |
| 22 | The fate of attempted reforms has only added to the north 's alienation , as Catholic bishops have time and again pulled Dublin 's politicians by the ear — ‘ a question ’ , as the senior archbishop put it earlier this month , ‘ of legislators respecting the moral convictions to which people adhere , and which are influenced by their membership of the church . ’ |
| 23 | DoH attempts to secrecy only added to the mystique and it was n't long before the Support Force and Butler collected an array of nicknames with the £hit-squad ’ being the most polite . |
| 24 | H. raised his special grievance , but his complaint published in the Sunday Express has only added to the completeness of his downfall … |
| 25 | The perverse laws of sexual attraction ensured that this lack of interest only added to the appeal of her generously-made , rosy beauty . |
| 26 | That perception only added to the urgency with which he threw himself into new international initiatives . |
| 27 | The structures of the Pentateuch were good but a stable and wealthy economic society could only flourish to the extent that Israel was obedient to the whole of the law and its commandment . |
| 28 | TIP : When choosing a hair cut , avoid any thinning or razoring techniques as this only adds to the problem by making the hair lighter in weight and so ever more flyaway . |
| 29 | There are so many unwanted dogs on the streets that an extra litter of unplanned puppies only adds to the problem . |
| 30 | The Guitar Guru 's Guide tells us Levin made archtops and a cutaway model ; the Ultimate Guitar Book only adds to the enigma by adding nothing new . |