Example sentences of "[pron] i [verb] you [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , sir , at the risk of straying slightly into into two B , you , do forgive me in advance , but you raised the specific point about size , and and erm there was er one or two statements that there is n't a a clear view on size in P P G three , I think it 's important to bear in mind the interrelationship between all P P G s and as Mr Curtis said , the research that that backs them up , and I I I point you to three quotes in the statement that C P R E have put in , erm i i i paragraph four point one seven , an and s the quote that attaches to that is taken from the research that erm er backs up draft revised P P G thirteen , transport , and erm I shall quote from that on this question of size , i it is also evident that smaller settlements , those with populations of less than fifty thousand , but particularly very small settlements are characteristically less transport emissions efficient than larger settlements , I think the the erm essence of of that particular piece of research is not as Mr Davis was implying to achieve totally self contained settlements , I do n't believe such a concept exists , it 's actually erm a planning land use in the long term to reduce C O two emi emissions something that is essential now to government policy , I think perhaps more instructive though is is the quote that I 've in included in paragraph four point one nine and that 's taken from er er this book here which I perhaps should submit the whole chapter in evidence to the panel , I 've only just included one quote , it 's it 's I suggest one of the more interesting reads that you may have as a result of this panel , it 's by Colin Ward , and it 's called New Town , Home Town , it 's undertaken by er , sorry includes some of the work that 's been undertaken by the University of Reading , erm and er David Lock Associates , on erm er new town research , and this this is due to be published by H M S O shortly , it 's unfortunate that it was n't available in time for this E I P , but I think erm , if you 'll bear with me , I will read out the quote that I put in four point one nine , because I feel that it is useful on this question of of size , we concluded that if you are interested in environmental impact , energy conser consumption , and sustainability , new settlements have to reach a certain size to be worthwhile , it 's parallel to the old arguments that used to take place around self containment in new towns , we found that new settlements of much less than five thousand houses , that 's about fourteen thousand people are not really worthwhile because if they are smaller than that you are simply putting a housing estate in the countryside , a phrase that that has already been put round this morning , it appears that the best minimum for a new settlement , the best minimum , is about ten thousand houses , that 's that 's twenty five thousand people , which as it happens is about the size of the original garden cities . |
| 2 | Well I I refer you to the answer I 've I 've just given you . |
| 3 | I I I I told you to . |
| 4 | I really want to get , I er , I I want you to , I did n't really want to make it to four , I did n't want to get it too formalized because I think that sometimes gets in the way of real information . |
| 5 | This is what I said to him this is what I said to him an but he said I I see you with all your get up and go so I did n't make any reply to that . |
| 6 | Paul could n't get over how his headmaster had been just to see him which made him feel very important which I thank you for . |
| 7 | The president was admitting to voters that ‘ everything I told you in the campaign was not true , ’ said Republican Senator Phil Gramm . |
| 8 | You know , the one I told you about — She asked me to cut her toenails and give her feet a wash . ’ |
| 9 | He 's the one I told you about , who can see in the dark . |
| 10 | The one I told you about . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | could be that one I got you from er Brentcross |
| 13 | Because this is the one I want you to be particularly be conscious of . |
| 14 | Log , that 's the one I gave you on Monday morning . |
| 15 | ‘ The one I gave you for Christmas ? ’ |
| 16 | That militant Forbes — you know , the one I warned you about last week — has called all the food and beverage staff out on strike ! ’ |
| 17 | I hardly remember him and what I tell you about him was mostly told to me by my mother . |
| 18 | I do n't know what I married you for , you 've always been frigid — even when Uncle Joe sent that powdered rhino horn from Saudi Arabia . ’ |
| 19 | Sally-Anne was by now in full flow , and when she paused for breath Dr Neil said , as drily as he could , ‘ I will only say to you what I told you on the day when you arrived here : it is useless to take the world 's burdens on your shoulders . |
| 20 | ‘ What I told you about Saturday night going out to post letters and afterwards going for a walk — was perfectly true . ’ |
| 21 | Nick , do you remember what I told you about Oliver a long time ago ? |
| 22 | Eleanor glanced from side to side and then said in a low voice , ‘ It 's all right … what I told you about . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't want to interfere , dottore , but remember what I told you about him . |
| 24 | ‘ Remember what I told you about her family ? |
| 25 | he 's not , he 's not going , what I told you about |
| 26 | ‘ This time it 's only a practice run ; listen carefully ; the door will have to be opened ; that 's your job Tim ; Derek , you hold the life-line cord , drop the dinghy when I say , but forget what I told you at Blackpool — this time let go the handle when the line jerks tight ! |
| 27 | That 's what I told you in the boat . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You mean you do n't believe what I told you in Auckland ? ’ |
| 29 | That 's what I hate you for , Luke . |
| 30 | That 's what I want you for ! |