Example sentences of "[vb past] you [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glasgow 's Taj Mahal transported you beyond the eastern sky to infinity . |
| 2 | ‘ I told you at the fair — it 's out of your hands . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | and I interrupted you about the casual ward , so you did n't really finish that ? |
| 6 | The tragedy unfolds through wonderful music — from the tentative If I Loved You to the final tear-jerker You 'll Never Walk Alone . |
| 7 | It was me who warned you of the Fascist element infiltrating at Danino 's . |
| 8 | ’ Actually I saw you at the Central Conference last month . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Lucky thing I saw you in the rear mirror just as I was driving off ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | As when they wheeled you through the swinging door . |
| 14 | Yeah , after the devastation we left you in the other day |
| 15 | These were brilliant fun and very relaxing , as the water carried you around the small island , without you having to do anything . |