Example sentences of "be [vb pp] to me [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | It has not often been given to me as a poet , it is perhaps not often given to human beings , to find such ready sympathy , such wit and judgment together . |
2 | If Sombro had been referred to me at one of my clinics in England , the problem would have been easy to diagnose and the treatment straightforward . |
3 | Often members of my slimming classes have been referred to me by their doctors , anxious for their patients to reduce their weight and so help reduce their blood pressure . |
4 | Kinsmen , in this sense , are related to me in a special private way . |
5 | Her passion for Jane Austen , of course , had been revealed to me by her own writing . |
6 | ‘ I think that 's the kindest thing that 's been said to me for ages , Ben dear . |
7 | Also , as the first signatory of the motion , may I say that since it was tabled statements have been made to me about the involvement of Stella Rimington and Mr. Roger Windsor of the National Union of Mineworkers . |
8 | I think that a good job has been done by the ITC , but I am prepared to consider any representations that are made to me about the future determination of licences . |
9 | It was clear to me that his own personal preoccupations , such as had been conveyed to me by Father D'Arcy and hinted at by others , had cut him off from the workings of certain institutions — his unawareness of Collingwood 's preferment was a case in point — and again he wanted to be informed what the young were thinking . |
10 | My letters to Herta are brought to me by the valet . |
11 | I therefore contacted a literary agent , Al Zuckerman , who had been introduced to me as the brother-in-law of a colleague . |
12 | That is not a matter where the parties are sufficiently advanced for it to be addressed to me at this stage . |
13 | ‘ I expected something to be said to me by the directors after recent results . |
14 | ‘ Even if the Mad Killer epithet will be attributed to me by the media , I consider myself a rational erudite that only the arrival of the Grim Reaper has forced to take extreme acts . |
15 | The new book was to be handed to me by the minister , the Revd Dr Adam Burnet , only after we had signed the register — no self-respecting hotel would have accepted us with different names . |
16 | I understand that the exact venue in London will be notified to me with confirmation . |
17 | The senior chief inspector 's annual report is being prepared now and will be submitted to me on completion . |
18 | He will be settling his own sundry bills but I would like the invoice for the room to be directed to me at the above address . |
19 | In the accompanying letter , Beatrix said it would be sent to me by a friend in the event of her death . |
20 | Any representations which you may have on the proposal should be sent to me within the next 10 days . |
21 | I believe that the lessons learnt from my first five years of trial and error could have been imparted to me in a few days by any half-decent panner . |
22 | the , it 's been put to me to er interview various people or listen to other people if they can tell me about |
23 | ‘ They were given to me as a present . |
24 | Here are two exercises that were given to me by ANDY WATSON and TREFOR OWEN , part-time tutors at Leeds College of Music . |
25 | They are documents of all sorts which were given to me by my father or which I found among his papers after his death in 1968 . |
26 | ‘ These papers were given to me by Sir Charles Baskerville , ’ said Dr Mortimer . |
27 | Well that , it speak the truth they were given to me by June , who 's very into that sort of thing and prescribed them for Simon and in fact has had to give him a few more now because he 's had his driving test cancelled . |
28 | ‘ But I would think you know that , they were introduced to me by your partner , General Roquelaure . ’ |
29 | These words were spoken to me with a strong American accent . |
30 | Wedding and funeral forms , sent in by the families , were passed to me for transposing into the accepted cliches . |