Example sentences of "was a [noun] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a curtness to her tone , but Debbie did n't seem at all perturbed as she grinned at them both . |
| 2 | You know that fella that Maurice er that plays Tarzan Johnny Weismuller , whatever you call him , I met his what do I say , a girl who , who was a cousin to him , aha , she was a yank of course |
| 3 | Norman Bayles was a cousin to my father and was related to Mother through the Tallentire family . |
| 4 | By Christmas Helen was well again and the baby , Moira , was a delight to her proud parents and to all the family , especially her grandfather . |
| 5 | They watched their mum making suet dumplings for the stew which , in the iron cauldron on the hob above the glowing range fire , was already giving off an aroma that was a delight to anyone 's nose on a winter evening . |
| 6 | The report was a delight to us , but one thing came as a disappointment . |
| 7 | The report was a delight to us , but one thing came as a disappointment . |
| 8 | He rarely saw her naked , which was a relief to him . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 … |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Nor had his optimism , which was a relief to me as , being a Slav , I am by nature distinctly pessimistic . |
| 13 | It was a relief to me when he went . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Which was a relief to his replacement . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It was a shock to them , but they stood by me . |
| 18 | It was a shock to me — and a revelation ! … |
| 19 | I think Cleo was a shock to him . ’ |
| 20 | That 's why it was a shock to him . ’ |
| 21 | I suppose it was a shock to her , that we 'd talked to Miss Rose , and heard about Celia and Donna . |
| 22 | Yeah , but he was a bastard to you was n't he ? |
| 23 | The plaintiffs sued for the defendant 's failure to honour this promise and the defendant pleaded lack of consideration , the plaintiffs being already under a duty of delivery by the contract with A. The Court of Exchequer ( Martin and Wilde BB. ) found for the plaintiffs : Wilde B. thought that the plaintiffs might have found it advantageous not to comply with their contract with A so that their agreement with the defendant was a detriment to them ; in any event , they agreed to part with the cargo to the defendant which was a benefit to him . |
| 24 | Because she was a link to him , however hurtful that link was ? |
| 25 | Prior Robert may have had some qualms concerning his own worthiness , though that was a weakness to which he seldom succumbed . |
| 26 | T. E. Lawrence was a hero to my generation — a hero who is debunked today . |
| 27 | Regular worshippers may have been as sparse then as they are today but he was a person to whom one turned in times of trouble , just as he was called on at times of family celebration . |
| 28 | This was a question to which , for a patriotic Conservative leader , there could be only one answer . |
| 29 | Though why she should need any kind of defence against Niall Grant was a question to which there seemed no logical answer . |
| 30 | It 's not that Malcolm was a father-figure to us — as some have said — he was more like an elder brother who 'd actually been out there in the world and done it so he had the confidence and experience . |