Example sentences of "he be a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah I mean I was n't expecting anything like er erm like him being a nice person to me ever again but it was fun |
| 2 | We know that the early Church was intoxicated with the experience of the Spirit , and the comparative silence of the Gospels about him is a great credit to their historical trustworthiness in not reading back the conditions of their post resurrection situation into the days of Jesus ' life . |
| 3 | He is a great example to anyone who has a setback and it is marvellous to hear how he has put adversity behind him as he sets out on the long slog round the tough pro circuit once again . |
| 4 | ‘ He is a great example to the rest of the squad and they 're bound to take note of his success and the reasons for it . |
| 5 | He is a latter-day convert to the cause . |
| 6 | As a native New Yorker , I can vouch for the fact that he is a classy guide to some very mean streets . |
| 7 | Locke finds the theory quite unworkable ; for example , it can not be used to justify any actual political authority , since it is impossible to show of any particular monarch that he is a genuine heir to Adam 's original authority . |
| 8 | He is understood to be siding with ICC chairman Sir Colin Cowdrey in backing the England bid , knowing he is a leading candidate to next summer become the first non-English chairman of world cricket 's governing body . |
| 9 | Fairclough has proved in the past and is proving again now that he is an outstanding man to man marker . |
| 10 | In his spare time he is an Assistant Secretary to the well known Premier League team , Hamilton Accies , for whom he writes the programme . |
| 11 | Scott J did not hint at the reason for such a conclusion , leaving one to speculate as to whether the continued liability of L1 derives from the fact that he is an original party to the lease and therefore subject to the continued liability imposed by the doctrine of privity of contract , or if the important fact is that it was L1 who granted the right of way ( to B ) the exercise of which amounted to a breach of covenant . |
| 12 | ‘ And whatever kind of a rogue the quare fella is , he 's a good son to Minnie , is n't he ? ’ |
| 13 | He 's a distinguished delegate to many many congresses and was London Region Secretary before Paul . |
| 14 | Poor Lucy , he 's a dreadful embarrassment to her , nearly as bad as she is to him . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ He 's a deliberate pain to be honest but his yelling has made a difference . |
| 16 | He 's a different player to Dean , more in the Murray Mexted mould : taller , a bit more athletic , but without the bulk that either I or Dean can supply . |
| 17 | ‘ I have always liked him , and I think he 's a fair master to his servants . |
| 18 | But everyone says he 's an absolute swine to nurses . ’ |
| 19 | First Javed Miandad was definitely out with a back injury ; then he was a possible addition to the team ; finally he was included , and will become , with his captain Imran Khan , the only player to take part in all five World Cup competitions . |
| 20 | He was a liberal benefactor to many public institutions , and bequeathed some of his estate to the University of Oxford . |
| 21 | He was a good person to be in the band in the early days but he might have held them back later on because he is not as good a drummer as Simon , and that 's putting it mildly . |
| 22 | He was a good person to be with , even if he did laugh at her . |
| 23 | Fernande Olivier , Picasso 's mistress , described him as stingy , but he was a good friend to Modigliani , encouraged him to paint and lent him colours , brushes and canvas . |
| 24 | He was a good friend to me in difficult times . |
| 25 | He was a good friend to me . |
| 26 | ‘ He was a good son to his mother and generous and loving to his … companions , ’ the word was chosen with obvious care and uttered with thinly-concealed disapproval , ‘ but he was very ambitious . |
| 27 | Methven was later to create an embarrassing scandal among the godly , when he was publicly deposed for adultery in 1562 — a sin which did not prevent him finding a niche among the ministry of the Church of England — but in 1558 he was a major asset to the Protestants , preaching not only in Dundee but , during the summer months , in other parts of Angus and in Fife . |
| 28 | Lewis had got to know him because he was a frequent visitor to Oxford , anxious to get a job in the Oxford English Faculty , and a friend not only of Tolkien but also of Nevill Coghill . |
| 29 | Whilst Keith Vaughan was art director for John Lehmann 's publishing house , he was a frequent visitor to their near neighbours in Hamilton Terrace , Hamish and Yvonne Hamilton . |
| 30 | He was a dear friend to many and will be greatly and sadly missed . |