Sentence examples for once only to from inspiring English sources

I did once, only to be told "I am terribly sorry, Sir, but we don't serve plonk here".

Women were "liberated" from its "tyranny" more than once, only to relapse, and the Empire shift in the Chest section, a figure-revealing wisp of sheer muslin as unforgiving as it is exquisite, suggests why.

Jenna has sex with a boy at camp — as the heroine of that series did, once, only to become pregnant — but the narration tells us that this isn't going to be some dumb show about getting pregnant, because getting pregnant when you don't want to is essentially for losers.

He pushed and prodded the Giants into the playoffs three times in his previous six seasons, but they lost in the first round twice and won the National Football Conference title once, only to be embarrassed, 34-7, by the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV.

Leonard describes himself as "manufacturing opinions instead of widgets," but there are few writers who seem to believe their own arguments as forcefully as he does, and this is an infectious, obstreperous, argumentative book, one that is almost impossible not to throw across the room at least once (only to pick it up immediately after).

All the while, Mr. Theil denied the depth of his problem, though he did spend time in short-term rehabilitation clinics at least twice and "self-detoxed" at least once, only to return to the drug, which is among the most powerfully addictive narcotics.

In other words, we may all be able to enjoy the advantages that were once only available to the richest children.

The latest generation of camera-equipped drones offers the chance to take the kinds of photos once only available to helicopter pilots.

Ivory was once only affordable to the very rich, and it conferred great prestige to its owner.

Spalding once only appealed to an esoteric group of contemporary jazz enthusiasts.

Business software was once only accessible to the largest of enterprises.