Example sentences of "[pron] i told [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I I I told you to . |
| 2 | The president was admitting to voters that ‘ everything I told you in the campaign was not true , ’ said Republican Senator Phil Gramm . |
| 3 | You know , the one I told you about — She asked me to cut her toenails and give her feet a wash . ’ |
| 4 | He 's the one I told you about , who can see in the dark . |
| 5 | The one I told you about . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ What I told you about Saturday night going out to post letters and afterwards going for a walk — was perfectly true . ’ |
| 9 | Nick , do you remember what I told you about Oliver a long time ago ? |
| 10 | Eleanor glanced from side to side and then said in a low voice , ‘ It 's all right … what I told you about . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't want to interfere , dottore , but remember what I told you about him . |
| 12 | ‘ Remember what I told you about her family ? |
| 13 | he 's not , he 's not going , what I told you about |
| 14 | ‘ 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 ! |
| 15 | That 's what I told you in the boat . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You mean you do n't believe what I told you in Auckland ? ’ |