Example sentences of "but [pers pn] be [art] match for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I am a match for Kenamun , and you are forgetting our mutual friend . ’ |
| 2 | Not wishing to be a pansy , I stepped up my pace too , but I was no match for the male legs I was pursuing since both of my spindly little limbs could fit into the right leg of his breeches . |
| 3 | Second-to-bottom Westhoughton were better than their position suggests , but they were no match for a hungry outfit , who sealed the win thanks to further strikes by Graham Dodd and a Mark Wilson penalty . |
| 4 | He may be faster than a speeding bullet but he 's no match for a giant alien called Doomsday . |
| 5 | Mr Iqbal , 37 , was a black belt judo expert but he was no match for Vernage 's knife . |
| 6 | Oh , he was charming and debonair — but he was no match for Damian Flint . |
| 7 | Transend Professional is a solid comms program but it 's no match for the latest Window-based fax software |