Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [noun sg] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am dust to you , Joe , no more than mouldering bones … ’ |
| 2 | I admit I was party to their tricks for a while but in Brittany the Luciferi began to remove , through assassination or spurious trials , any who opposed the French crown . |
| 3 | ‘ I could understand it with the men , who thought I was coming-on to them , but the women 's reluctance puzzled me , until I discovered that the City people discouraged the country dwellers ( she objects to the word ‘ peasant ’ ) from having their picture taken . |
| 4 | ‘ I could understand it with the men , who thought I was coming-on to them , but the women 's reluctance puzzled me , until I discovered that the City people discouraged the country dwellers ( she objects to the word ‘ peasant ’ ) from having their picture taken . |
| 5 | On the other hand , there may obviously be cases where the plaintiff establishes a prima facie case by proving that he suffered damage from acts done in combination by the defendants the natural and probable outcome of which was damage to him . |
| 6 | Since then she has written to tell us of her first reply and we thought you 'd also be interested in some of the suggestions that came in , including Dee Murton 's account of the origin of these cardboard cones which was news to us . |
| 7 | Poverty , deepest wisdom , you are slave to nothing , |
| 8 | ‘ Forgive me , ’ Athelstan said quietly , ‘ I do not wish to call you liars but there is a great mystery here and you are party to it . ’ |
| 9 | Add brains to that particular package , and you 're dynamite to someone like Jason Prior . |
| 10 | She 's kind to everyone , puts everyone before herself , is all things to all people — mother to James , wife to her husband … |
| 11 | How , she asked herself in those early days , has it come about that I , daughter to a humble carpenter and a washerwoman , have become the companion and confidante of her who is close to the throne , who is sister-in-law to him who will one day be King of England ? |
| 12 | She was godmother to my baby , and when it grew she took to it , and used to have it about her at the Castle , saying to everyone it was an orphan . |
| 13 | She was home to him , even after all the other women . |
| 14 | In examples ( h.7 ) and ( h.8 ) there is reference to someone working on an idea or being puzzled . |
| 15 | Skipton is paying 11.75 per cent on its Excel Bond for sums of £5,000 or more and there is access to your money . |
| 16 | Before the law received Royal Assent there was resistance to its implementation . |
| 17 | The annexe need not have been roofed , although there was access to it from the main part of the building . |
| 18 | The tenderness that emanated from him was balm to her wounded soul . |
| 19 | ) ‘ It is not a beauty , to be sure , ’ Coleridge wrote to Poole on 28 November ; ‘ but it 's vicinity to you shall overbalance it 's Defects . ’ |
| 20 | It 's afternoon keep saying that it 's afternoon it 's morning to me this afternoon pick up your phone and give me a ring now O nine O four six four one six four one . |
| 21 | It 's a moving and exciting film and shows off Oxford and it 's countryside to its best advantage . |
| 22 | It 's news to me ! ’ |
| 23 | When told how Evans had been rumbled , St Helens chairman Eric Latham said : ‘ It 's news to me — but nothing surprises me anymore . |
| 24 | But it is Judit to whom the chess world most readily gives the title of genius : last year , aged 13 , she achieved a Grandmaster norm and became the world 's top-ranking woman player . |
| 25 | For Joanna it is commitment to their lesbian relationship ; Helen is undecided . |
| 26 | It is testament to her power of control that few people dare talk openly about her . |
| 27 | An additional reason for the closeness between Charles and Camilla was that he is godfather to her son , Tom . |
| 28 | He 's kind to me . |
| 29 | Of course , he 's kind to his wife . |
| 30 | It is pleasing that there is a large degree of support for the Southern fire station as I said it was music to my ears . |