Example sentences of "[pron] [be] a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | People like me are a menace to the AA men , calling them out on Sunday afternoon to rebuild engines that we idly began to dismantle on Sunday morning . |
| 2 | Because these criteria it seems to me are a means to an end , for us to decide upon an appropriate general location . |
| 3 | Meanwhile I keep myself sober , chaste and fully fit : I am a credit to the service , Nevton , a credit to the sweet harsh disciplines of our beloved country . |
| 4 | Q I am a beginner to the hobby and I would like to keep livebearers . |
| 5 | ‘ I am a MARTYR to my responsibilities , ’ cried Dame Edna , topping up the teapot . |
| 6 | ‘ I know I am a pin-up to lots of people , but I do n't consider myself pretty . |
| 7 | Like your chairman , I am a newcomer to the fund and my induction experience has not been limited to the division offices in the United Kingdom or visiting projects in the United Kingdom . |
| 8 | I am a dummy to be decorated . |
| 9 | At first Johnson was contrite and ashamed , ‘ I am heart-broken , ’ he said in one of the first press reports ‘ I am a disgrace to myself and my country . |
| 10 | I am a stranger to such matters . |
| 11 | I have n't yet married and am not in a rush to do so , so I suppose that in this regard I am a disappointment to my father , though I 'm sure he understands that it would be unfair for me to marry with my present commitment to athletics . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm a swine to even think of making love to you while you 're still so bruised . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I 'm a martyr to my bowels . |
| 15 | I 'm a listener to all sorts of radio myself . |
| 16 | But I 'm a king to what I was . ’ |
| 17 | I 'm a throw-back to old Josh Probert , according to my lady mother . |
| 18 | It sounds as if your engine may have glazed bores and too much crank case pressure if the cap is blowing off I suggest you have a compression check I do not know of an auxiliary tank for a Ninety Indeed , I have the same problem as yourself I 'm a newcomer to Land Rover and recently bought a 1975 Series III88 inch . |
| 19 | I 'm a bitch to C. No mercy . |
| 20 | I 'm a bitch to him , I tell him , I say you love yourself James . |
| 21 | Catriona took a look at the brown liquid and thought , ‘ I 'm nineteen years old , I 've failed all my O-grades , and I 'm a disgrace to my family . |
| 22 | Now , he shrugs it all off : ‘ I suppose I was a threat to them . |
| 23 | I just do n't like marzipan , I think it was something that to do when I was a kid to be honest |
| 24 | There was also one piece of the jigsaw that now slotted into place : before June died , he took LSD in controlled circumstances with a therapist : ‘ I became conscious of very early emotions about not being wanted — feeling that I was a problem to my family as an infant . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I was a swine to my parents for years , until I realised they were only doing the best and — the shock of it ! — that they were human too ! ’ |
| 26 | I was a fool to myself ; everyone warned me he was a philanderer . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You 're rude , you 're cynical , and I was a fool to ever make love to you . ’ |
| 28 | I was brilliant and I was stupid ; I was a credit to the family and I was a disgrace to it . |
| 29 | ‘ After the coup that brought the Ba'athist government to power in Iraq , I was a consultant to the new regime . |
| 30 | ‘ I was a disgrace to them in the eyes of their neighbours . ’ |