Example sentences of "[noun] on [pers pn] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it it it 's called the fog index but the thing that 's interesting about it is that I 've got , I 've got some interesting examples of fog indexes erm and you 'll get people like Churchill who sometimes made speeches and their fog index is quite small you 're going to use this you know example and they might have a fog , fog index that 's fine and what Anne and I are talking about with say something like the Telegraph or the Times or whatever , might have a fog index that people but this is because Churchill was very clear , very concise and going back to the original point about , or some of the original points about this , and I was mak raising these issues earlier this evening one of the great sadnesses that I have is that , is that when I first went into journalism the tabloids as we call them were incredibly well written beautifully styled , well researched and okay they might have been punchier and shorter and everything else , compared to the turning up the er the , the Times or whatever , but they were well written and you might have had , if you can put the fog index test , test on it you might have had a fog index of say six or seven compared to eleven on the Telegraph story , but it was still full of clarity like to read . |
| 2 | I nearly always write with an acoustic , but if it 's tuned to an open chord you will obviously have to write something different ; if you stick a capo on it you 'll write something different ; if I use an amplifier and an electric guitar I 'll write something different again . |
| 3 | ‘ Mum says he should have looked first , Dad says if she 'd been keeping an eye on him he would have been fine . |
| 4 | You 're going to think well I know what will happen , we 'll get if you drip hydrochloric acid on it you 'd get funnium chloride water and carbon dioxide . |
| 5 | Well if you want facts and figures on it we can give you it but I 'll tell you what it 's meant to I 'll tell you what it 's meant training service I can tell you what it 's meant to the royal dockyards which we 've got to talk about yet from thirteen thousand , in some instances you 're down to five . |
| 6 | After all , if it 's got your name on it you 'll get it anyway . ’ |
| 7 | If your enemy gets the drop on you he can kill one . |
| 8 | you get a bit of paint on it I 'd have a job to get it off so I take them off , then put them on just as it 's going off , you know , so you got ta |
| 9 | ‘ Other women may have enjoyed your Viking tactics but , let me assure you , if you lay one finger on me you 'll regret it . ’ |
| 10 | Yeah I know , you know , there 'll be two pound postage on it you can guarantee on it so the crafty devils they are |
| 11 | It 's a little bit bigger I think you 'll find if you put the tape measure on it you 'll find it 's a little bit bigger . |
| 12 | and then like if there 's oh what a favour on it he can do it , you know what I mean |
| 13 | Frequently , when they feel the physiotherapist 's hands on them they will begin to cry . |
| 14 | Speaking on radio the man , whose wife was assaulted , said : ‘ If I had got my hands on them I would have broken their arms . ’ |
| 15 | Mr before we can ask for a seconder on it I 'd ask the clerk to make a de definition about expenditure that has not necessarily been costed beforehand . |