Example sentences of "be [adj] to me [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 One important lesson I learned early on ( which had not been obvious to me in the past ) was that you do n't have to give everything away , do n't have to reveal yourself completely to people .
2 I also knew that experience in working with other birds would be useful to me in the long term .
3 He does n't realize it fully yet , because he 's trying to be nice to me at the moment .
4 Most of the people who have been close to me over the years have been paid to be .
5 It 's my work that 's important to me at the moment — I do n't have time for casual affairs .
6 What was fascinating to me at the time , was their naming of teachers whom I also recognised , from familiarity with the five or six schools in that particular area of south Oxfordshire : I could immediately apply a cross-bearing as it were of confirmation that what indeed singled out these teachers was a vividness of personality , a cheerful infectious enthusiasm and an unusual energy and commitment .
7 It must be said before we proceed further that this model is so new that no handbook was available to me at the time of writing .
8 The non-robbed make more relaxing if complacent company and Gilles , big loudmouth that he was , gave out an air of confidence that was appealing to me at the time .
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