Example sentences of "only [verb] to an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had most of the presents and all the adults to himself , and it only came to an end for him when he was very sick late in the morning , but whether from too much excitement or too many sweets , nobody could tell . |
| 2 | The miners ' action , based on demands for higher wages , better conditions and changes in the national political leadership , only came to an end on May 10 when a decree was issued transferring the control of the mines in the Russian Federation to the RFSFR government [ see p. 38204 ] . |
| 3 | she was only pointing to an overflow culvert . |
| 4 | But beyond this , I think the prohibition in regulation 143 against making an order ‘ forthwith ’ can only apply to an order which is to take immediate effect and that a suspended order which the Legal Aid Board has the opportunity to contest in no way contravenes the regulation . |
| 5 | The growth in the sum of will only lead to an increase in the price of consumer goods if the sum of grows too . |
| 6 | If the case had been one of estoppel , it might be said that in any event the estoppel would cease when the conditions to which the representation applied came to an end , or it also might be said that it would only come to an end on notice . |