Example sentences of "it be [vb pp] to me " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was less than an hour from dusk , and we would have camped there had it been left to me . |
| 2 | I feel very sad that it 's fallen to me to make the decision to close after 4 generations . |
| 3 | It 's owed to me , really , to be in the team . |
| 4 | I ca n't tell you what it 's meant to me , knowing that you cared , even a little … ’ |
| 5 | Law , that is to say , is made valid by my experience of it , and not by the fact that it is presented to me as law . |
| 6 | It is addressed to me ! |
| 7 | It was explained to me that over the years all the planes on the green sward had landed by mistake , assuming that it would be solid enough to allow a take-off . |
| 8 | ‘ It was explained to me that I had a mild form which was affecting the part of the brain that triggers migraine , which is why I was having sickness attacks and blinding headaches behind the eyes . ’ |
| 9 | Er it was explained to me on the phone . |
| 10 | The opening of the Scherzo sounds remarkably like the twittering of birds in the trees , something I first noticed when it was played to me on an 1820s Graaf piano similar to the one owned by Schubert . |
| 11 | It was sent to me as a review copy . |
| 12 | Er it was volunteered to me before that day . |
| 13 | ‘ It was assigned to me by the press , a breed which in my experience cares little for such irrelevancies as accuracy . ’ |
| 14 | It was given to me as a present so I 'd feel funny about selling it myself , but you could maybe buy a pair of shoes for Sonja with it or something . |
| 15 | I have been talking to the whites many years about the lands in question , and it is strange they can not understand me ; the country they claim belonged to my father , and when he died it was given to me and my people , and I will not leave it until I am compelled to . |
| 16 | ‘ It was given to me by my grandmother , the lady Jacquetta , and has a curious history . |
| 17 | When she asks , you must on no account say that it went into the sea , because she will worry that it is a curse on you — or me as well , for it was given to me at my baptism . |
| 18 | It was given to me when I was twenty one . ’ |
| 19 | On your table er you were given a copy of the draft , the English draft of the charter er which I 've had a look at , it was given to me |
| 20 | It is not it was given to me by a nice gentleman from Napier College doing |
| 21 | ‘ It was given to me by someone who feels deeply on the subject , ’ he said . |
| 22 | I 'm glad you mentioned that cos it was given to me by the wife of the steeplechase handicap a very important man today cos for more than |
| 23 | I wo n't read it all out , but it was given to me before I went into the Air Force . |
| 24 | So I mean it it was it was represented to me er and I felt that there was some logic in it that that this company would not be discussing this deal unless it felt it could make money out of it and that money in the end would have to come out of the local people here . |
| 25 | It was said to me recently , by a railway enthusiast , no less , that , when you have a car , the only cost in using it is the petrol . |
| 26 | ‘ It was told to me by a black guy : ‘ What 's black with red stripes ? |
| 27 | Er so that 's that 's as it was told to me by er the th their their Chairman erm Win Winder . |
| 28 | I think it was told to me in confidence . ’ |
| 29 | but it was told to me that he dreamt it |
| 30 | It was supplied to me by John Duffy , secretary of the NI Football Programme Collector 's Club . |