Love is like the poison that is full of temptation. Let me drink bravely, only to discover that I am deeply poisoned.
This option prevents us from starting to process messages in a group only to discover that subsequent messages haven't been sent yet, let alone arrived.
Last week, Australia's contingent of medal hopefuls were left furious after arriving in Rio only to discover that their building in the athletes' village was still unfinished.
Captain Turner was neither the first traveller, nor the last, to be promised sight of a unicorn-only to discover that wherever he happened to be, it was always somewhere else.
I rushed to the door, only to discover that it was locked and barred.
The parents took the child to a doctor and he x-rayed the arm only to discover that Yuri's very long-distance diagnosis was right.
A sudden rush of air made him look up, only to discover that the demon had vanished, as abruptly as it had appeared.
They have been encouraged to climb onto the occupational ladder only to discover that the middle rungs are dominated by men and the upper rungs are out of reach.
He hired two professional bloggers, only to discover that they liked foul language and despised the Catholic Church.
Stories about unwitting punters rubbing an itchy nose only to discover that the V had bought an unwanted chamber pot ate apocryphal.
Software is rife with unknown unknowns - situations you think you understand at the outset only to discover that the problem is different from your first impressions (and typically much harder).
In Jeet Kune do, we have only to discover that we do not know what the others are not ready to take over things.
Many people think that indeed there will be a peak pause for breath, and now reached the peak of despair only to discover that the mountain more than hypocritical, breathing moment forever ahead.
Awakening begins as they embark on a treacherous journey along the River Styx, only to discover that their path has been blocked by a magical seal.
She and Monica try to figure out the secret recipe, only to discover that they are Nestle Tollhouse cookies.
When a kidnapping rapidly escalates into a hostage situation in New York, local authorities close in on the suspects only to discover that an unknowable force has mind-blowing consequences.
There are few more frustrating things than running a build that fails, only to discover that it's because artifacts from a previous build are still resident.
WAS hoping to be the first to give the verb to gay marry a serious treatment on a language blog, only to discover that Arnold Zwicky got there three years ago on language log.
I WAS hoping to be the first to give the verb to gay marry a serious treatment on a language blog, only to discover that Arnold Zwicky got there three years ago on language log.
