Example sentences of "to [noun sg] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some hours of searching brought to light a few finds , these being small targets but nevertheless interesting ones . |
| 2 | A survey of usage also brings to light a few cases of a rare use — the to infinitive denoting an action after make . |
| 3 | Even these statistics palled to insignificance a few years later when cocaine joined with heroin in the hard drugs scene and the high value of low bulk concentrated drugs made it so profitable and easy to smuggle . |
| 4 | The army occupies an area of land the size of Torness turbine hall with each soldier standing stiffly to attention a few inches from his neighbours . |
| 5 | Each night she retired to bed a few minutes earlier , and he saw it as an excuse to avoid the means of starting another pregnancy , though she was in the best of health . |
| 6 | This Grade 2 Listed Building is set in a rocky cliff face pointing out to sea a little way along the foreshore . |
| 7 | As Lorenz wrote , ‘ one of them may be inclined to go on to mouth-pulling a few seconds before the other one . |