Example sentences of "[be] a [noun] [prep] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Yes , they 're a credit to you . " |
| 2 | In you ; I am a part of you . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 4 | And when it 's come it 's usually been a case of you can smell something horrible like erm you know when they 're emptying the slurries out in the pig farms . |
| 5 | I think the trip 's been a tonic for you already . |
| 6 | Stella 's illness must have been a godsend to you . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I realise this has been a blow to you , Mr Pertwee . |
| 8 | " If there has been a rapprochement between you , " she said , " I think you are very mean not to have told me . |
| 9 | ‘ It must have been a shock to you to find Terry Place there ? ’ |
| 10 | It must have been a shock to you . ’ |
| 11 | The first thing he said the next day was ( no pretending ) has she been a bitch to you ? |
| 12 | You may have a , a compliance issue outstanding , or whatever , or there 's been a complaint against you , it will show up in here , it 's very rare , but it 's indicating that there 's something that needs to be looked at . |
| 13 | You are , I mean , I could just work out , I said , your Margaret and John are a lot like you . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm a bit like you , Bob , ’ she said . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | If that happens to be on a piece , piece of paper and you want to keep your it might be a benefit to you later on . |
| 17 | The real mother is only 24 , wears cheap , shabby clothes , has stiff hair like straw , thin legs , says in a quiet moment ‘ I 'd like to be a person like you ’ and smokes her cigarettes too low . |
| 18 | I 'd hate to be a nuisance to you . ’ |
| 19 | But she continued , ‘ It wo n't all be a holiday for you . ’ |
| 20 | I suppose it will be a surprise to you , you live in such a dream-world , but that thousand pounds is not a sum that the firm can afford to lose . |
| 21 | He wanted it to be a surprise for you , and I 'm only telling you in advance in case — in case you should think it might have been me . " |
| 22 | ‘ There 'll be a surprise for you at the party . |
| 23 | Have you got any idea in your retirement about how you 're going to keep yourself so that your body is not going to be a handicap to you ? |
| 24 | We 've got lots more beautiful style ideas to show you plus there 'll be a chance for you to win a fabulous bridal make-over and appear in the magazine . |
| 25 | So one tries to build up a kind of agenda of all the things that different people involved think might be important before one tries to produce a plan as to how one 's going to work , and even then there may be a chance for you actually to discuss the plan with various people as well . |
| 26 | ‘ I want to be a credit to you , Nahum . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I know less than nothing about you , and if you 're important , which you must be if you 're a , well , a tycoon , then I expect you entertain a lot — friends , business associates — which means that you 'll need someone who 'll be a credit to you — and I do n't know if I can ! |
| 28 | Compensation to Crevecoeur may also be a possibility for you to consider . ’ |
| 29 | I 'm telling you all this , and perhaps you do n't have to erm pay for any of these treatments we do gift vouchers , so if you 've got anybody who wants to buy you a gift of any sort , you could always say well , I fancy erm an eyebrow trim , or I fancy a pedicure perhaps they would like to buy you a gift voucher and then you can come in and it could be a present for you . |
| 30 | ‘ And take Adèle with you , sir , she 'll be a companion for you , ’ I interrupted . |