Sentence examples for finished only to from inspiring English sources

My parents were very angry about him because they really disapproved of our relationship and thought we had finished, only to see a picture in the paper of him lifting me out of the river after the famous nude moment.

David Cameron told John Bercow that he had not finished, only to be told: "He can take it from me, that he has finished".

I find them a depressing reminder of how much I've unwittingly sucked at certain games, ones I've "finished" only to find more than half the possible achievements remain locked.

You don't want to finish only to find problems arising because of fingerprints you left behind when you were plugging it in.

But the psychological value of that upset was minimal considering that Nadal injured his leg in the early going and presumably finished only out of respect to Ferrer.

He claims he retains the memory of the paragraph he just finished only until he gets to the end of the next one.

Vettel heads to Brazil knowing that even if Alonso wins he still needs to finish only fourth to be champion.

In the psychodynamic group, a module was considered to be finished only if the weekly discussion of the module was sent to the therapist.

Though there are various permutations of how points might be earned in the Florida finale, Keselowski needs to finish only midpack to clinch the championship, regardless of where Johnson might finish.

He also began a work for two pianos, which he finished only because a friend happened to have two pianos in his house.

The home crew nosed past the Danish stern yards from the finish, only to find that the lead had already changed hands, moments before.