Example sentences of "to i [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He meant no more to me than a painting or a sculpture . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Miss Evans said , ‘ You might say he 's been more like a father to me than a brother . ’ |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | 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 . |