Example sentences of "you be to [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean Margaret , have you been to it Cath ? |
| 2 | Bless you , my own darling wife , for being what you are to me — just everything . |
| 3 | JAMES : Well darling , you are to me too . |
| 4 | Cissie , what a comfort you are to me . ’ |
| 5 | I will therefore , sir , dear as you are to me , give up your person to the happier , to my worthier rival . |
| 6 | The nicer you are to them the more they will help to put you at your ease . |
| 7 | ‘ Your husband may well be decent , kind and generous to you , but all you are to him is a decorative object . |
| 8 | What a boon you are to him , Opal , my dear . |
| 9 | If you 're nice to him — I wo n't use the language over the air ( because you 'd be shut down ) that he uses to me — however nice you are to him it does n't make a bit of difference . |
| 10 | You 're to me as my own and I 'll not stand cheekiness from either . |
| 11 | Mother always emphasizes what a special friend you were to her too . |
| 12 | He 's told me what a deadweight you were to him . |
| 13 | Added to this was the fact that the clocks themselves were so erratic ; every so often they slowed down , so that time went more slowly the closer you were to them . |
| 14 | The closer you were to it , the stronger the force . |