Example sentences of "it was a [noun] to [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a shock to me — and a revelation ! … |
| 2 | That 's why it was a shock to him . ’ |
| 3 | I suppose it was a shock to her , that we 'd talked to Miss Rose , and heard about Celia and Donna . |
| 4 | So it was a shock to them when , during lunch that Thursday , Jones announced that his Brigham Young University team was preparing to publish its data and offered to let Fleischmann and Pons publish simultaneously . |
| 5 | It was a shock to them , but they stood by me . |
| 6 | It was a credit to them all . |
| 7 | So because it er as I said it was a relief to her i were a relief to us as children because then we were n't living in in terror of him coming home and you know causing the bother . |
| 8 | But it was a relief to me when she left and , I was thankful to discover , it was even more of a relief to you . |
| 9 | with a high curved roof supported by girders forged in a Liverpool ironworks , and marble pillars and floors , ornately carved canopies , shafts of sunlight emphasising its height , and indeed , everything of a cathedral but altars and pews … . it was a relief to me , after such a long trip , to arrive at this station … |
| 10 | I used to talk about being gay to my straight , but enlightened , friends — mostly women ; it was a relief to me and they were perfectly happy to talk about it . |
| 11 | It was a relief to me when he went . ’ |
| 12 | I offered them all glasses as well , and Angelica took one and went on bellyaching to all around her about how Steve had let her down and she should never have trusted the louse , and it was a tribute to her acting that there was a distinct drawing aside of skirts in the pursed mouths of those around her who were fed up with hearing about it . |
| 13 | and she was just a working girl , you know , and it was a worry to her as well . |
| 14 | And , and whenever they knew you 've come would you , would you walk through and , and they used to for us every time an tha and that in those days they 'd give you a couple of bob which is , it was a fortune to me at that age . |
| 15 | It was a help to us because all other traffic had been halted in both directions and we were able to race along on the wrong side of the road . |
| 16 | Cos it was a surprise to us was n't it ? |
| 17 | Everything was mysterious and something was hidden , guessing what it was a game to me . |
| 18 | No , but it was a loan to me and I said to my dad he was loaning it me and I said to him erm I pay you back and then when I went to pick the cheque up er he says er well me mum says he giving you that you know he says what we 're gon na do is when , when they write the will out you 'll get that much less than the others , I says well as long as it ai n't gon na cause any problems |
| 19 | It was a sensation to me , a novice , but the experienced experimentalist learns the tricks of the trade , knows what mistakes to avoid and when weird things happen tries to investigate or to file them away in the memory — just in case . |
| 20 | It was a disappointment to me . |
| 21 | . It was a puzzle to me to think that any customers wanted any of these things in the alley he lived , but he did have a few visitors , because he dealt in antiques , he knew a great deal about them … |
| 22 | The Russians were determined to remove every last item of its inventory , down to the lavatory brushes and the steel tracks on which the dockyard trains ran : indeed it was a miracle to me that they did not demand the cobblestones as well . |
| 23 | It was a revelation to him how important this was , how much it meant . |
| 24 | It was a gift to you from me , |
| 25 | It was a satisfaction to me many years later , when I was a member of a Royal Commission on Tribunals of Enquiry , established to advise how secrets should be dealt with , that I was able to persuade the chairman of the Commission , Lord Salmon , and through him the whole of the Commission , to recommend that there should never again be an inquiry of the Denning type , where a single individual was authorised to investigate any piece of gossip or scandal relating to any prominent public person . |
| 26 | It was a signal to us that he was moving on . ’ |
| 27 | It was a pleasure to me to see the housewifely way in which Mr Wilson set about everything . |
| 28 | it was a pleasure to I liked it . |
| 29 | It was a mystery to him how Edouard managed it , he thought . |