Example sentences of "i tell you [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | ‘ 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 . |
3 | ‘ I told you at the fair — it 's out of your hands . |
4 | ‘ I tell you in the Welsh town of Abercwmboi [ the accent was bogus Welsh ] |
5 | Why was n't you in registration or did I tell you about the blooming black board ? |
6 | Why was n't you in registration or did I tell you about the blooming black board ? |
7 | Let let me tell you about the damned side effects of this drug , because people are entitled to know what they . |