I am a colleague of

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

"I'm a colleague of Rory's [he of the Bulgarian and Victoria station]," reports Greg Vanner.

I was a colleague of Grand's on the Face back in the day, so steamed in for her thoughts.

The next day at the conference, William Bennett said, "I used to work for Ronald Reagan and now I'm a colleague of Jonathan Krohn's!" The speech attracted the attention of national media outlets, and became popular online.

He continued to dodge the question, insisting, "No, I'm not...He's a colleague of mine".

I never had the privilege of being a colleague of Tom, but I really thank him not only for his kindness of lifting me from the nightmare, but also for his great support early in my career.

He had been in exile in Boston on my first trip, and the one person he insisted I see in Port-au-Prince was a colleague of his in the union movement.

Although Fred Cassidy -- linguistic historian, detective and bard -- was a colleague of mine, I didn't really know him.

"You know how many shirts I ruined?" Neal Beekman, a retired firefighter who was a colleague of Mr. Sineno's in the "Fire Factory" -- Engine 58, Ladder 26 in Harlem -- had come to help.

There's a colleague of mine -- I won't name names -- who'd advise reporters, "Don't bother those ordinary people -- the story is in the boardroom".

"Nigel Scullion is a colleague of mine..

Presently she informed me that she had thought I was a "business colleague" of her father's.