Example sentences of "i told you [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I told you about your grandfather giving me a job , did n't I ? |
| 32 | Nick , do you remember what I told you about Oliver a long time ago ? |
| 33 | ‘ All the things I told you about Petula … they applied just as much to a jealous dog as to a jealous woman . |
| 34 | ‘ Do you remember when I told you about Dad ? ’ |
| 35 | Eleanor glanced from side to side and then said in a low voice , ‘ It 's all right … what I told you about . ’ |
| 36 | This is the reason for the ungrammaticality of : ( 40 ) the only book missing readable is Twyford 's Lives of the Slovak Saints By contrast , the examples of ( 41 ) are fully acceptable : ( 41 ) the only readable book missing is the one I told you about the only missing book readable is the one already mentioned The same contrast is seen in ( 42 ) beside the two cases of ( 43 ) which are both grammatically acceptable ( although not of course quite identical in meaning ) : ( 42 ) *one journalist striking accessible is Jana Flynn ( 43 ) one striking journalist accessible is Jana Flynn one accessible journalist striking is Jana Flynn The restriction is general , applying even if the particular adjectives concerned are ones which can normally appear postnominally . |
| 37 | ‘ I told you about it . |
| 38 | ‘ I do n't want to interfere , dottore , but remember what I told you about him . |
| 39 | ‘ I told you about that , huh ? |
| 40 | The U S rig count is down , both because of those rigs I told you about for tax reasons and also because there 's always a seasonal downturn in the first quarter of this year . |
| 41 | Erm I told you about that chap Michael Bell who wrote to me about using my book as play , I 'll read you his letter some other week . |
| 42 | ‘ I ca n't believe it … definitely the Hamlet if I want it — I 've worked with those people before ; remember I told you about the provincial-theatre year ? ’ she said , scrambling her words . |
| 43 | ‘ Remember what I told you about her family ? |
| 44 | Remember I told you about her ? ’ |
| 45 | And er what was I going to tell you , I told you about , I talked about we had nine pawnbroker 's shops , I did n't did I , but that we did have nine pawnbroker shops in Ipswich . |
| 46 | Now then , that new vending machine I told you about last time . |
| 47 | I told you about that before . |
| 48 | I told you about him ever so |
| 49 | Tal talking about pensions Tom , the chap er cha with the office girls and that and , and checking our expense sheets , he , he er they put a notice on the board you could ante your what , in your pension , you could a put a bit more into it and I were looking at notice and he says ooh he says it 's no good for you , he says er w well I told you about it did n't I ? |
| 50 | mm I told you about Bill wanting it |
| 51 | and you know that shop I told you about when I seen that ? |
| 52 | Oh Mum I told you about that . |
| 53 | I told you about what she was like when the car would n't start did n't I ? |
| 54 | Er I told you about it cos I went over there did n't I ? |
| 55 | I mean you remember I told you about my cousin , mm , now he is not somebody I 'd recommend an au pair , au pair to work |
| 56 | and the new baby , remember when I told you about Andrew my cousin , my favourite cousin they reckoned I 'd fancied him ? |
| 57 | and the new baby , remember when I told you about Andrew my cousin , my favourite cousin they reckoned I 'd fancied him ? |
| 58 | Do you remember when I told you about |
| 59 | I told you about it . |
| 60 | I told you about Mr wife did n't I ? |