Example sentences of "to [pers pn] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We always tried to get some payment to them before a term started |
| 2 | It was obvious that the air raid siren had never been much more to them than a bore . |
| 3 | He meant no more to me than a painting or a sculpture . |
| 4 | At the time West Ham was little more to me than a name , most directly associated with a football team that had a reputation for style and steadfast support in spite of limited success on the field . |
| 5 | Miss Evans said , ‘ You might say he 's been more like a father to me than a brother . ’ |
| 6 | Good idea wo n't be a bad idea mm , what I thought was the tough steak has turned out to be the , the one that 's not I cut the steaks about a bit , one was a bit fattier than the other the one that I had I thought would be dead tough , is tender it 's int it ? they look more like a sirloin steak to me than a rump , even though it went under the name of rump it looked like you can only tell the shape of it ca n't , oh God |
| 7 | ‘ Wish that I did have the courage to kiss you , querida , ’ he rasped , ‘ but I have standards and a level of decency to live up to and they are more important to me than a moment of weakness to prove that I am immune to you . ’ |
| 8 | Well , to me if a child has got a by all means encourage along but you should n't push them into anything cos later on in life they get a bloody complex about everything you know if they |
| 9 | My lesson lasted about half the time of Tony 's , terminating as he was explaining the purpose of the deadman 's handle to me when a gust filled his chute and hauled him off in fine style . |
| 10 | It 'll be more help to you than a novel . ’ |
| 11 | From the sound of it , she 's more like a relative to you than a servant . ’ |
| 12 | Also you have Nathan , who is of more value to you than a son . |
| 13 | And B T so and Imperial who 's had a different experience to you after a takeover bid from a new employer clearly wants a legal framework , steel braces put within Trust Law to make it much more clear where power lies in th the operati operation of the trust and that possibly one one of those steel braces would the law would relate on h who could get their hands on the surplus and in what conditions . |
| 14 | What does it mean to you when a man is n't thinking clearly ? ’ |
| 15 | I made a gesture that had more breeziness and gay abandon to it than a freezer full of fellators . |
| 16 | The world does not wake up to it until a TV report captures the popular imagination at the end of the year . |