Example sentences of "as [pers pn] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Senator and Madame Sherman , I am highly honoured to welcome such a distinguished family as yours to French Indochina , " he said , speaking sonorously in his own language . |
| 2 | Dear love , I get plenty of time to think about us these days , and I 'm more than ever grateful that I have been given such a wonderful person as you to be my wife . |
| 3 | He knew exactly why the Curator had asked him in to see the eagle — a most unusual thing for someone as unimportant as him to be called in personally in this way . |
| 4 | School friends who spent their summer holidays at the shieling have assured me that the cows were as alert as they to the seasons and the signs of preparation . |
| 5 | They had to be more than willing , and as ready as he to part without hard feelings afterwards . |
| 6 | It is not easy in a country as hierarchically inclined as ours to continually question authority in a constructive way . |