Example sentences of "was [noun] and [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many towns in the Middle Ages sought to have as part of their local welfare services a Christian recluse whose chief work was prayer and availability to people as spiritual adviser . |
| 2 | The Petrine commission had given Rome its authority , and although there was resistance and limitation to its eastern aspirations , Rome as the see of St Peter dominated the West . |
| 3 | The question was balm and benison to Barbara 's ears . |
| 4 | ‘ I held my tongue , and spake nothing : I kept silence , yea even from good words ; but it was pain and grief to me ’ the minister droned his voice thin in the unfamiliar acoustics . |
| 5 | As such it was prod and key to personal achievement and productivity . |