Example sentences of "[pron] [be] no [noun sg] to [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | " No , I ca n't do that , but I am no threat to you . " |
2 | ‘ I 'm no use to anyone in football and I had better get out , ’ he said . |
3 | I 'm no good to him , no use . |
4 | ‘ But the boss used to give me some right stick and told me I was no good to him lying in bed or on the treatment table . |
5 | ‘ But the boss used to give me some right stick and told me I was no good to him lying in bed or on the treatment table . |
6 | Often enough it was empty , so I was no trouble to my Dad . |
7 | According to the pneumatic Nadine , Dysart was Clare 's escort on that occasion , which was no surprise to me . |
8 | There are the real Romanies , who are no menace to anybody . |
9 | ‘ You are no good to me , ’ she used to say . |
10 | Criticize positively and constructively everything you 're made of and everything you do ( but do n't destroy yourself in the process — you are no use to anyone as a nervous wreck with an inferiority complex ) . |
11 | ‘ Then you are no use to us , ’ the first voice said . |
12 | ‘ You 're no threat to me , because you do n't mean anything to me any more . ’ |
13 | ‘ You 're no threat to me . |
14 | ‘ Then get out of my way , Mr Donovan — you 're no good to me ! |
15 | If you ca n't do that you 're no good to me , okay ? ’ |
16 | ‘ Well , you 're no good to me , you just get in my way . ’ |
17 | You 're no good to me if you ca n't drive a car . " |
18 | Well he 's like the pig in the middle again , er they 've told him well unless you drive the waggon backwards and forwards through the gates , well you 're no good to us sort of down the road . |
19 | You may be fit and fast but if you ca n't scrummage or drive a lineout , they you 're no good to anyone . |
20 | You 're no use to me the way you are . |
21 | You 're no use to me when you fly coach . |
22 | You 're no use to it starved . ’ |
23 | So you were — but as soon as they put you in my arms I could see you were no use to me ! ’ |
24 | Erm I 'd seen one this morning but she is n't in the core lecture so she 's no good to you , but I said to her could you give me a lift at all ? |
25 | She was no mother to him because she 'd taken his real mother 's place . |
26 | We were no trouble to our mother , who was at last recovering from the dreadful ‘ flu ’ that killed more folk than the 1914 – 18 war itself . |
27 | The chief superintendent quite liked the idea of embarrassing Special Branch and MI5 but only if there were no risk to himself . |
28 | There 's no plot to it at all , it 's it 's just so farfetched ! |
29 | Introduce your students to New Scientist , it 's an invaluable supplement to the science curriculum and there 's no cost to your school . |
30 | There 's no benefit to us . |