Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] you [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 's probably happening is that you are trying to tell them you are annoyed but also saying you still want them to like you at the same time . |
| 2 | That was when I met you for the first time , last week , at the consciousness-raising group that we started at the women 's centre a few weeks ago . |
| 3 | and I interrupted you about the casual ward , so you did n't really finish that ? |
| 4 | I send you into the parallel continuum with orders to collect the final statue and do nothing more . |
| 5 | So that 's se and I want you at the other end . |
| 6 | there for three pairs which was just as well I stopped you on the last one . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ I told you at the fair — it 's out of your hands . |
| 10 | I hold you in the greatest esteem for the peerless courage you displayed in all you undertook . |
| 11 | ‘ So you wo n't mind if I run you into the main data-net as Jezrael Brown , hey ? |
| 12 | Notice what Jesus says in verse seven , he says , I tell you in the same way there 'll be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents , than over ninety nine righteous persons who need no repentance . |
| 13 | I tell you in the same way , there will be joy in heaven over one sinner that repents . |
| 14 | ‘ I tell you in the Welsh town of Abercwmboi [ the accent was bogus Welsh ] |
| 15 | Right , can I take you to the amended recommendation on page forty nine . |
| 16 | The tragedy unfolds through wonderful music — from the tentative If I Loved You to the final tear-jerker You 'll Never Walk Alone . |
| 17 | Why was n't you in registration or did I tell you about the blooming black board ? |
| 18 | Why was n't you in registration or did I tell you about the blooming black board ? |
| 19 | ‘ When I saw you for the first time , I thought for a moment you were Sybil — come back to plague me . ’ |
| 20 | ’ Actually I saw you at the Central Conference last month . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Lucky thing I saw you in the rear mirror just as I was driving off ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | I can not trace any acknowledgment from you of the memorandum I sent you on the twelfth of this month , regarding your talents and the scope for them in this office . |
| 24 | ‘ Would you have preferred I leave you to the tender mercies of your American admirer ? ’ |
| 25 | Another time perhaps you will listen to me when I warn you of the dangerous ground you are treading . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Did she warn you of the new plot , and needed protection ? ’ |
| 28 | We have to make certain that we fit you in the proper niche . |
| 29 | Thus we welcome you to the 1992 Festival programme ! |
| 30 | Hallo sir , you 're calling about your daughter , Jennifer , erm I 'm sorry , I do n't really have any more information to add to what we told you on the twentieth . |