Kamath sought 2, 000 new lines only to be told that it would take two years.
So I dialed up corporate headquarters only to be told those names were not yet public.
When Peck eventually returned to Pasadena, Lanier followed, only to be told that the romance had ended.
" On another occasion, she laughed at her captors' plans only to be told "You're a rubbish hostage.
We all presented wonderful products only to be told that NCR had no interest in reselling any of our offerings.
" Only to be told, "I'm sorry Mr Thompson but the man who traces the calls went off-shift at midnight.
The small crowd starts to shuffle off and a prim pensioner bustles up expectantly only to be told she's too late.
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Labour said they'd raised the issue a few weeks ago only to be told there were no plans to change the law.
Earlier today, we approached the Wales Office to ask for an interview with the secretary of state only to be told he was in "back-to-back meetings".
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After President Hosni Mubarak's fall in February, Israeli diplomats in Cairo suggested making overtures to the Muslim Brotherhood, only to be told from on high to desist.
On two occasions last year her parents, Robert and Susan, travelled 70 miles to the hospital, only to be told all five children's intensive care beds were taken.
She wrote she hatched a plan to return the donations, then "sell" the toys that had already been purchased to the donors, only to be told that, too, violated PayPal rules.
President Suleiman is reported to have made an 11th-hour appeal to his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad to save the government from fragmenting, only to be told that he had no control over events.
One resident, whose name was given only as Sabrina, told La Provence that people had appealed to the authorities only to be told they had to wait several months before they would step in.
The deal is not dependent on public money, unlike the agreement that Citigroup thought it had obtained in September to take over Wachovia, only to be told that the preferred suitor was Wells Fargo.
De Beers controls the world diamond cartel and, as soon as the diamond fields around Mbuji-Mayi were captured, its men hurried to Goma only to be told by Mr Mawampanga that, as a free-marketeer, he disapproves of monopolies.
Number 371, later introduced as 75-year-old Marina Kambaki, gets up from her orange plastic chair to reach the counter only to be told that her diabetes medicine is no available, and she should come back in a few days.
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Too often I attend a tasting, remark to a companion that I like a wine from region X, only to be told that I couldn't possibly like region X as it is too expensive, too ripe, too austere, or whatever prejudice smothers the taster's palate.
"A tourist who has just spent thousands of dollars to travel to Israel, only to be interrogated at the airport by Shin Bet agents and told to grant access to their e-mail account, is in no position to give free and informed consent, " she said Wednesday.
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They could be told to only let their dog out in public wearing a muzzle, or to keep the dog away from certain parks and roads.
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Yet, so far, regional military leaders seem to have won only a modicum of veto power over what their men can be told to do, not full control.
We know this to be true not only because the ACFE told us but also because we, as investors and business-minded people, have lived it.
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In what can only be compared to a Communist group confessional, Zamir told Channel 10 that young soldiers were encouraged to view their actions in Gaza as immoral.
The father-of-three will only be told 24 hours before it is due to happen, something his daughter agreed with.
But he claimed to be fighting a war to liberate them from the Burmese, and told the world they grew opium only to pay for clothes and rice.
Dhoni's agent Jeet Banerjee told BBC Sport only 10 to 12 players would be signed on Friday, and Badale expects that to be to Flintoff and Pietersen's benefit.
But SLC chairman DS de Silva, who only last week told the BBC that venues will be handed over to the ICC on 20 January, categorically denied the reports.
Yet they leave out that one group of people -- the people who have a right to be terrified when they are told the economy will only be brutal in the short term.
"I wanted to be concentrated only on my repertoire, on my interpretations, " he told me during this studio performance.
"At the moment I've heard nothing but speculation and I can only say that it is a compliment to be linked with these jobs, " McGhee told BBC Radio Scotland.
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