Example sentences of "[pron] was [noun] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was Ronni to everyone before I could even walk . ’ |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | She was home to him , even after all the other women . |
| 9 | Before the law received Royal Assent there was resistance to its implementation . |
| 10 | The annexe need not have been roofed , although there was access to it from the main part of the building . |
| 11 | The tenderness that emanated from him was balm to her wounded soul . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It was music to our ears in a hospital staffed by women from both sides of the great Christian divide , and men of that ilk also . |
| 14 | With his few belongings it was home to him wherever he went . |
| 15 | He had n't really understood that it was work to her . |
| 16 | It was agony to him to dismiss her . |
| 17 | It was thanks to them that he learned that the hunt was on for a leak on the Washington embassy wartime staff which could only have been Maclean . |
| 18 | She was ringing to say she was settled in a new council bungalow and it was thanks to me . |
| 19 | The Dungarvan Leader once commended a candidate " with a record of achievement " in these revealing terms : " He has consistently fought in the Waterford County Council ( of which body he has been a member for many years ) for amenities for the town , and it was thanks to his representations that the long-suffering residents of the old road had a footpath provided in front of their homes to prevent flooding . |
| 20 | It was thanks to you all that I humiliated myself at the Harrogate Trade Show . |
| 21 | When Gerard Salvin wanted redress against the men who had attacked his house at Croxdale , just a few miles south of Durham itself , it was Gloucester to whom he appealed . |
| 22 | When Gerard Salvin wanted redress against the men who had attacked his house at Croxdale , just a few miles south of Durham itself , it was Gloucester to whom he appealed . |
| 23 | It was news to her , she had been at home all the time and her husband had taken another ‘ wife ’ . |
| 24 | He was heir to his grandfather , John Pyne of Curry Mallet , who died in 1609 . |
| 25 | What was Wroxham to me or me to Wroxham ? |
| 26 | And yet what was Fritz to her ? |