Example sentences of "[pron] be [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am frozen half to death — and all for a servant , if you please ! |
| 2 | I am little comfort to her , but in this scenario little things mean a lot . |
| 3 | As the House knows , I am parliamentary adviser to the Police Federation of England and Wales . |
| 4 | I was force-marched back to the retiring chamber , Benjamin and the cardinal trooping behind us . |
| 5 | He looked past her , his expression withdrawn and distant in the way she disliked , and when he spoke it was without warmth : ‘ I was personal slave to the Master and as such did personal tasks . ’ |
| 6 | The telephone rang while I was busy explaining to Tony Crosland that I could not accept a further term of office at the Housing Corporation , since I had been appointed to the Mastership of University College , Oxford , but I had agreed to a request that I should at least stay for another year to see someone else in . |
| 7 | A fibrous cylindrical rhizome produces a rosette of leaves which are dull green to brown , with a stout leaf-stalk . |
| 8 | There is only one competition held each year at Glenrothes , which is insufficient incentive to that highly disciplined side of the sport , and little display or sport aerobating elsewhere . |
| 9 | Secondly , the formal analysis which is second nature to a Western critic can be fruitful , even though it could be argued that this is a way of interpreting the objects of an unfamiliar culture rather than a description . |
| 10 | The crystal will only let through light which is polarised perpendicular to a certain axis , called the crystal 's optical axis . |
| 11 | A state which is initially polarised perpendicular to the optical axis is transmitted entirely unscathed , whilst a state which is polarised parallel to the optical axis is totally extinguished . |
| 12 | Consider a photon which is polarised parallel to the optical axis of P , . |
| 13 | ‘ The factory makes malt for us 24 hours a day using the pure Scottish water in the lake which is next door to the Drambuie factory . ’ |
| 14 | We will continue to look at er the future programme er we will also as you know , look at ballistic missile defence which is another element to this and that must need to be fact facted in as well but I think clearly we are not talking about in the medium term er and longer term , we are talking about er a fairly late stage of the programme . |
| 15 | ‘ Another strange comment I once heard from a doctor was that transsexuals were obsessed by sex , which was great news to us , especially to me , who lives like a monk . ’ |
| 16 | Over the years they had become friends of the family and had been granted privileges — one of which was limited entry to the Domain . |
| 17 | Which was fair play to him , but bloody Andrew should have told him ! |
| 18 | Once you uncover the cause , the theory goes that you are half way to solving the particular problem that concerns you . |
| 19 | Once you have established fault , you are half way to proving your claim . |
| 20 | Once you have established fault , you are half way to proving your claim . |
| 21 | You 're worse shame to me than udders on a bull . |
| 22 | After soaping her every nook and cranny , he rinsed her , and kissed her body reverently as if she were some deity to be worshipped and adored . |
| 23 | And so Pam just said to her yeah she said he is married to my ex she is married to my ex husband but she said she 's bloody welcome to him . |
| 24 | She 's added credence to the rumours by telling a Vanity Fair writer : ‘ I have moments when I 'm really romantic , and think we 're just perfect together . ’ |
| 25 | You 're seeing Mr Hawick — who is Financial Secretary to the Treasury and has reported his fiancée , a Miss Angela Morgan , as missing . |
| 26 | ‘ I had a very close relationship with Johanna and she was good fun to be with , ’ he said . |
| 27 | She was good fun to be with and easy to talk to , and in the short time he 'd known her she had shown a ready sense of humour . |
| 28 | One year later , she was private secretary to Mr Peter Lilley , who was then at the Treasury . |
| 29 | She was living hand to mouth and she would n't spare the cash if she could help it . |
| 30 | NORTHUMBRIAN Bobby Ferguson , who was right-hand man to Bobby Robson in Ipswich Town 's glory days in the early 80s , is wanted by Sunderland . |