Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] you [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and I interrupted you about the casual ward , so you did n't really finish that ? |
| 2 | I send you into the parallel continuum with orders to collect the final statue and do nothing more . |
| 3 | So that 's se and I want you at the other end . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ I told you at the fair — it 's out of your hands . |
| 7 | ‘ So you wo n't mind if I run you into the main data-net as Jezrael Brown , hey ? |
| 8 | ‘ I tell you in the Welsh town of Abercwmboi [ the accent was bogus Welsh ] |
| 9 | Right , can I take you to the amended recommendation on page forty nine . |
| 10 | The tragedy unfolds through wonderful music — from the tentative If I Loved You to the final tear-jerker You 'll Never Walk Alone . |
| 11 | Why was n't you in registration or did I tell you about the blooming black board ? |
| 12 | Why was n't you in registration or did I tell you about the blooming black board ? |
| 13 | ’ Actually I saw you at the Central Conference last month . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Lucky thing I saw you in the rear mirror just as I was driving off ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I saw you in the High Street the other day , ’ he would say , in a tone that suggested that it was quite impossible for Henry to have seen him . |
| 16 | ‘ Would you have preferred I leave you to the tender mercies of your American admirer ? ’ |
| 17 | Another time perhaps you will listen to me when I warn you of the dangerous ground you are treading . ’ |
| 18 | I conjure you by the bitter tears shed on the Cross by our Saviour the Lord JESUS Christ for the salvation of the world , and by the burning tears poured in the evening hour over His wounds by the most glorious Virgin MARY , His Mother , and by all the tears which have been shed here in this world by the Saints and Elect of God from whose eyes He has now wiped away all tears , that if you be innocent you do now shed tears , but if you be guilty that you shall by no means do so . |
| 19 | Did she warn you of the new plot , and needed protection ? ’ |
| 20 | We have to make certain that we fit you in the proper niche . |
| 21 | Heavenly father , we praise you as the living God and thank you that you have called us to look to the growth of your church in this parish ; we thank you for those who have worked to help plan the proposed church building ; we especially pray for John Taylor , our architect , and the city council planners and planning committee . |
| 22 | Yeah , after the devastation we left you in the other day |
| 23 | ‘ First let me thank you for the great job you are doing with the ‘ Nottingham Graduate ’ . |
| 24 | Let let me tell you about the damned side effects of this drug , because people are entitled to know what they . |
| 25 | Label every area and then use what they give you about the total number . |
| 26 | As when they wheeled you through the swinging door . |
| 27 | Well , without getting too technical about it , I think you ought to have a comma after one because in the erm , y you know , the erm , blurb they gave you on the left hand side , that would apply what you 've learnt on the left hand side . |
| 28 | I know but as I said they have you by the short and curlies . |
| 29 | Answer : it is a mistake to ask such questions , because they lead you into the murky borderland between history and myth , where the evidence is fragmentary and the fragments point in different directions . |
| 30 | I found the way here when I was a boy , and it spoils you for the human world . |