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 .
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