Example sentences of "only [prep] [v-ing] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only after moving to Llanberis that I did my next winter route in Wales — a quick solo of Sinister Gully . |
| 2 | The subsequent release of 1,300 pages of witness interviews and depositions collected by the police during their investigation contained many inconsistencies , but appeared to contradict Senator Kennedy 's assertion that he learned of the alleged assault only after returning to Washington DC on April 1 . |
| 3 | Contemporary perceptions continue to be reflected in historical writing : thus Robert Gray 's valuable study of the " skilled workers " in Edinburgh is confined to an all-male sample ; no dressmakers for instance are included , and he refers only in passing to women compositors . |
| 4 | The worst were spreaders of terror , like Cuthbert in Thrandeston , or crassly negligent , like Jackman of Shippenhall who spent his days ruing the loss of his investment in a bogus railway company , and took pleasure only in riding to hounds . |
| 5 | But I feel sure that only by going to St Bertrand de Comminges ( another name that crops up in the Cantos ) , and from there to Mont Ségur , shall we see the point of : ‘ at Mont Ségur the chief 's cell / you can enter it sideways only ’ ( 101:725:77 ) . |