Example sentences of "it be [adj] [noun] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor might it be much consolation to him , as he ran into the singularity in real time , to know that his particles will survive in imaginary time . |
| 2 | It 's second nature to her to check that she 's still attractive to men with every one of them she meets . |
| 3 | My ancestors had plenty of practice , it 's second nature to me by now . ’ |
| 4 | It 's all thanks to you and your mother . ’ |
| 5 | That 's more than flock to watch Madonna OR Jackson at Wembley — and it 's all thanks to you . |
| 6 | " It 's all thanks to you really . |
| 7 | And it 's all thanks to your friend Mike . ’ |
| 8 | Erm so it 's okay Mike to you to summarize er all of this for us . |
| 9 | It 's next door to my old middle school , it 's where a lot of my friends went . |
| 10 | I do n't know if it 's any help to you . ’ |
| 11 | If it 's any consolation to you I needed to check up on a patient anyway . |
| 12 | Not that it 's any thanks to you ! ’ |
| 13 | If it 's any comfort to you , he would n't have suffered much pain . |
| 14 | It 's a bit of bad luck for you , getting entangled with a group of bastards , and if it 's any comfort to you , I 'll lay a pound to a penny that you 'll go free if there 's a trial . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It 's useless talking to you . ’ |
| 16 | Although some horses will travel in horse trailers as if it is second nature to them , even without having any previous related experience ; and some horses will stand perfectly and quietly for the farrier when they are being shod for the first time ; many will not ! |
| 17 | The local sailors are the people who probably know the conditions best , so it is worthwhile speaking to someone who can point out the idiosyncrasies of the location . |
| 18 | ‘ Evil ’ , she wrote , ‘ does get into bricks , tragedy into mortar , ’ It is new light to me on the properties of bricks and mortar . |
| 19 | He does n't categorize in good , bad , and not so bad , it is all sin to him and as sinners , he loves us . |
| 20 | It is this capacity to which RE must seek to relate , enabling transference of skills from the general to the religious sphere of enquiry . |
| 21 | Alex McLaggan and Mary have their own roof at Grandtully , even if it is next door to his father . |
| 22 | I have said before , and if it be any satisfaction to him I repeat it now , that if you attempt to enforce this Bill , and the people of Ulster believe , and have a right to believe , that you are doing it against the will of the people of this country , then I shall assist them in resisting it . |
| 23 | I should be there — for appearance 's sake , as Edward says — but out of earshot if 't is any concern to you ! ’ |
| 24 | It was second nature to him now to note the time by the illuminated dial of his electric bedside clock before he had switched on his lamp , a second after he had felt for and silenced the raucous insistence of the telephone . |
| 25 | The noise must have been awful but it was sweet music to my ears . |
| 26 | It was this body to which Meade belonged . |
| 27 | So it was little surprise to me when one evening after a skirmish Mum had blown up at Dad with more than her normal vehemence . |
| 28 | She had not even known that Westerns were a genre of their own ; it was exciting news to her . |
| 29 | It was another world to them . ’ |