Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] to [art] " in BNC.

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1 I think every , all the benefits should definitely be means tested , I know that most of them are to a degree .
2 There are vast differences between the two , of course ; but not all of them are to the latter 's credit .
3 Molecular evidence has shown that the old concept of great apes ( family Pongidae ) , as distinct from humans ( family Hominidae ) , is no longer valid because the African apes and humans are more closely related to each other than any of them are to the orang-utan .
4 I been to the country once with Annie .
5 I am much more sympathetic to that proposal than I am to the opt-out proposal advanced by the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland ( Mr. Wallace ) .
6 I be to the I get five ?
7 ’ My leftie grandchildren think I 'm to the right of Genghis Khan , but I really believe that you have to show people you ca n't do this sort of thing and get away with it , ’ she says .
8 If I WERE to a take a bath I would not turn both taps fully on since this is bound to result in a freezing cold bath .
9 Her religious sensibility is much nearer to that of the affective Franciscan devotion just as his is to the Dominican tradition of speculative thought .
10 Eventually I reach the road and follow it to its top , surprised by how close I was to the summit of the pass .
11 I was surprised to discover , now that I was going to leave it , just how attached I was to the undistinguished piecrust that was Reine , a place neither exciting nor dulling .
12 So perfect , I had to keep parting the hop bines and leaves to see how close I was to the farmhouse .
13 I should like to say how grateful I was to the kind gentleman who pulled me clear .
14 Has n't she been to the hospital since or something ?
15 Nenna , have you been to a parry ? "
16 Erm , how often do you go to a meeting or have you been to a meeting , which has to stop for twenty minutes because some clown has left the files in his office , and he has to go back and retrieve them .
17 Incidentally , have you been to the kibbutz library yet ?
18 Have you been to the islands ? ’
19 You been to the soccer ? ’
20 You been to the tea ? ’
21 ‘ Have you been to the polis ? ’
22 ‘ Have you been to the hospital ? ’ asked Jenny .
23 ‘ Have you been to the office yet ? ’ she asked , attempting cool civility .
24 ‘ Have you been to the Skein of Geese since you took Clare there last year ? ’
25 ‘ Had you been to the spot before ? ’
26 ‘ Have you been to the cove yet , Shelley ? ’
27 Have n't you been to the
28 Cos I thought she m I said have you been to the shop , thinking , I meant up here
29 Have you been to the hospital ?
30 Have you been to the toilet ?
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