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Example sentences of "be a [noun sg] to " in BNC.

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1	I mean , if she had a marriage with him and she had the relationship and now you 're a good friend to him , and you 're a friend to her , she 's probably very jealous of the fact that you 're
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	Andy , you 're a credit to British surfing .
4	" Yes , they 're a credit to you . "
5	Erm and she 's had seven youngsters and she 's brought them up and she a , on her own she 's had to bring them up cos he left her for another , another woman and erm she had the seven and she 's worked and fought hard cos she would n't ask for a darn thing and er they 're , they 're great those kids , they are , they 're a credit to her , you know , but it 's taken it out of her , she 's
6	I mean you 're a slave to it .
7	You 're a threat to him , so he wants to remove you .
8	Blandford told … you 're a threat to the House of Lords
9	‘ You 're a menace to yourself and everybody around you . ’
10	These women are trying to earn their living and especially if you 're a newcomer to the tour it 's hard work .
11	You can not odds against the free newspapers coming through your doors , they 're a pain to all of us !
12	‘ You 're a mystery to me , Miss Glover , you really are . ’
13	Unless they 're a danger to their human neighbours , they 'll probably be left alone .
14	they 're a danger to life are n't they ?
15	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 .
16	‘ I am a MARTYR to my responsibilities , ’ cried Dame Edna , topping up the teapot .
17	Q I am a beginner to the hobby and I would like to keep livebearers .
18	I am a stranger to such matters .
19	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 .
20	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 .
21	‘ I know I am a pin-up to lots of people , but I do n't consider myself pretty .
22	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 .
23	I am a dummy to be decorated .
24	It would have been nice if it had been a decade to the day since the dog died that I exhumed its skull , but in fact I was a few months late .
25	Since the beginning of the fourth century B.C. the Celts had been a factor to be reckoned with everywhere in the Mediterranean world .
26	‘ Oh , I know I 've been a trial to you ever since Mother died , and running away with Garry was n't the smartest thing I 've ever done , but at least I met Roman because I was foolish and I do n't think he 'll hold it against me , will he ? ’
27	If , over the years , you suspect that there has been a swing to or away from attending more than once a Sunday , you may want to take the trouble of further refining your data .
28	The high capital costs of building a good ‘ medium-secure ’ unit on a general hospital site with other admission beds has been a deterrent to developing more suitable facilities .
29	During the Repubblichini period there had been a Secretary to the Party in Fontanellato .
30	Recently , however , there has been a reversion to analysis of pre-historic artefacts in terms of their contextual social relations , as semiotic and ideological representations , with respect both to users in the past and for us today ( e.g. Hodder ed. 1982 ; Miller and Tilley eds 1984 ) .