Example sentences of "[vb past] you [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ My captain phoned you about the two people from OM-45 . |
2 | there for three pairs which was just as well I stopped you on the last one . |
3 | Glasgow 's Taj Mahal transported you beyond the eastern sky to infinity . |
4 | ‘ I told you at the fair — it 's out of your hands . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | ‘ 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | and I interrupted you about the casual ward , so you did n't really finish that ? |
10 | After all , ’ he threw at her , ‘ I 'm sure it was a mere oversight that they forgot you in the first place . ’ |
11 | Also , when you die you get to choose whereabouts on the screen to restart , avoiding the trap of landing you right in the middle of what killed you in the first place . |
12 | The tragedy unfolds through wonderful music — from the tentative If I Loved You to the final tear-jerker You 'll Never Walk Alone . |
13 | It was me who warned you of the Fascist element infiltrating at Danino 's . |
14 | both , really I think they both hit you at the same time |
15 | 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 . |
16 | ‘ When I saw you for the first time , I thought for a moment you were Sybil — come back to plague me . ’ |
17 | ’ Actually I saw you at the Central Conference last month . ’ |
18 | ‘ Lucky thing I saw you in the rear mirror just as I was driving off ! ’ |
19 | ‘ 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 . |
20 | At the end of the path another kissing gate brought you to the rough farm lane running past Milford House , owned by the Ware family , the Salisbury leather magnates . |
21 | Thus the author of A Remonstrance of Many Thousand Citizens , probably Richard Overton , reminded the House of Commons in 1646 that " wee are your Principalls , and you our Agents- … wee possessed you with the same Power that was in our selves … |
22 | 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 . |
23 | As when they wheeled you through the swinging door . |
24 | ‘ And they supported you in the same way ? ’ she asked gently . |
25 | Yeah , after the devastation we left you in the other day |
26 | They found you in the snow and they carried you to the nearest shelter . |
27 | These were brilliant fun and very relaxing , as the water carried you around the small island , without you having to do anything . |