Example sentences of "a [noun] to [pron] [coord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually my mother was just like a sister to me but she has a strange fascination with the Queen . |
| 2 | I 'm a layman to you and you 're a layman to me in many senses , and therefore erm the , the , the fact that our students are in effect very often laymen is not something that detracts from their motivation to study , in many instances it 's something that gives it stimulus and underlines it . |
| 3 | That person is a menace to everyone but he may well think that , in a few hours ' time , he 'll be back to normal and no harm will be done . |
| 4 | I think you children were a delight to them and they would gather round the swimming pool and cheer you on with swimming lessons . |
| 5 | She 's erm , ta , she 's got Alzheimer 's and she 's getting really bad , she 's getting a danger to herself and she 's got to go away to tomorrow . |
| 6 | He was almost sure that it was all a revelation to her and he watched her in sad silence as she covered her face and shook with sobs . |
| 7 | She set a match to them and they smouldered economically . |
| 8 | We put a match to ours and it goes up with a rocket-like roar , heating the yurt in a flash . |
| 9 | A long throw on the Leeds left went into the box , someone got a head to it and it looped towards the far post . |
| 10 | well I thought well if it checks me another six months at least when they say have you got any experience , but as I say I 'm still in touch with Mencap and I 'm still in touch with mine and I 've also er put in for , what they call them mobility insistence for the Princess Marina which again an education and you just go in and be , be a friend to somebody and you take them out for an hour , er a couple of hours , you , and you 're paid five pounds eighty for a two hour session |
| 11 | She had already told Glyn that she would never be anything but a friend to him and he had taken it better than she had thought he would . |
| 12 | My master said : for my dear mother 's sake I will be a friend to you and you shall take care of my linen — God bless him — and gave me four golden guineas which were in my old lady 's pocket when she died . |
| 13 | Death is a friend to you and you can help your friend . ’ |
| 14 | Erm we set up I think a very successful service and if I could just mention a sad note here , me some members will know who was the county occupational therapy coordinator largely designed the service here and I 'm very sorry to say that er she died the other day but her service is very much a tribute to her and we do in fact have a large number of people who will want to come and work for us as OTs because it is a good service and I 'm sure that you will agree with that . |
| 15 | From the time that I was about eight , the Boxing Booth acted as a magnet to me and I spent a considerable time gazing in awe as the boxers paraded on the small stage outside the tent , ready to take on all corners . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | My test car was the top-of-the-range 1.6 Aerodeck SE ( a hatchback to you and me ) but at £9299 including delivery , plates and road tax , it 's a saving well into four figures over , say , the market leading Ford Escort . |
| 18 | once a week to me and I ring him occasionally , and er his first remark which was quite erm natural he said well you know Ernest , he said I 've heard many ministers . |
| 19 | He passed a mug to her and she propped herself up on the pillows to accept it . |
| 20 | I often say jokingly that you make a comment to somebody and you find you 're talking to the world export on expert on whatever it is . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | and there 's a backing to it and it pumps it out into the room , they 're dead hot |
| 23 | He put out a hand to her and she slapped it away . |
| 24 | That would have been like a win to us and I 'm sure a draw would have felt like a failure in the Australian dressing room . |
| 25 | It would be a comfort to her and she would never know it was not true . |
| 26 | Someone had called him this more as an insult than a compliment but Francis took a liking to it and you will find salamanders carved all over his palaces . |