Example sentences of "i [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 . |