Example sentences of "this be [noun] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is support to which the family might seem peculiarly suited , since it is concerned with personal anxieties and fears , the realm of the intimate . |
| 2 | And Jane , this is Jane to me the other day , throw your kitten off my floor and see if it lands on its feet . |
| 3 | This is book to me — of which the clubhouse is built and which the early settlers favoured in their pursuit of the substantial . |
| 4 | Mrs C writes that ballet dancers ‘ box their stomachs and rears with their hands before dancing ’ — this is news to me . |
| 5 | This is news to me ; the widespread cattle mutilations across the American midwest in the past two decades are variously blamed on cultists , aliens or government experimentation , but , as far as I am aware , no actual proof has ever been found to back up any one of these hypotheses . |
| 6 | This was music to my ears and , after dropping him off , headed to the appropriate bridge and then down to the canal . |
| 7 | I must say that all this was news to me , but then Nigel never voluntarily discussed his work at home . |
| 8 | This was news to me . |
| 9 | This was news to me , although I knew Graham Fearnley , who was Jack Mason 's agent and looked after quite a big stable of European golfers . |
| 10 | ‘ Trying to trip me up ? ’ queried Leith , giving no inkling that this was news to her . |