Sentence examples for did only to from inspiring English sources

(Steve Jones did, only to be sacked after a year).

"The lobbyists do the same things we did, only to a much greater degree," Good says.

Reluctant to return to the game, he did, only to sustain a knee injury.

Many duly did, only to find themselves refused planning permission to park their trailers on land that they legally owned.

They had trouble finding it, but finally did, only to decide, upon seeing it, that they would eat instead at a nearby Chinese restaurant.

So he did, only to be sucked into a vortex of form filling and humiliation familiar to anyone who's ever been embroiled in bureaucratic procedures.

Mr. Obama doesn't have to tell anyone what to do, only to do something good.

Even "The Third Man" was done only to earn the money to resume "Othello".

The coaches urge him to think it over, and he does, only to break it out confidently at showtime.

The bill will not tell the courts what to do, only to take into account the emergency that was involved.

But then they often do, only to sink back to the normal level afterwards.