Example sentences of "the [pron] [pron] told [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The one who told me about the five quid . |
| 2 | Is it not time that those pensioners , including the one who told me that she was keeping warm during the day by clutching a hot-water bottle because she could not afford heating bills , were given a decent state pension as of right , without the humiliation of a contributory test , which involves means-testing for those who are in greatest need ? |
| 3 | Anyway , you were the one who told me that our home was … up there somewhere . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Well , I 'm the one who told you about him , remember ? |
| 5 | I guess he 's the one who told you he was deliverance ? ’ |
| 6 | You know , the one I told you about — She asked me to cut her toenails and give her feet a wash . ’ |
| 7 | He 's the one I told you about , who can see in the dark . |
| 8 | The one I told you about . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ The one you told me to tell him , of course . ’ |
| 11 | It 's like that wire-mesh barrier thing — the one he told me about — the one that stops boats at the last moment from going over the weir . |