"With your concurrence ABC is direct to..."
("I've already given direct, you have to say yes.")
"Are you happy with the distance between these two?"
("I'm not happy with the distance between these two and I want them off my freq")
"Are you happy with the distance between those two?"
("I'm not accepting that, don't even try to hand them off.")
"FNP due slower preceding traffic..."
"(Oh bugger, FNP isn't an F100 is it.)
"Approach will advise on first contact if speed restrictions can be cancelled."
"(Number one in the sequence has max speed, but its a heavy airbus and we are not hopeful.)
"Change of sequence, cancel fix time, increase to max speed, track direct to a 5 mile final."
("We were correct not to be hopeful.")