Example sentences of "on it you [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will perhaps be affronted by my frankness Ellen but I am distressed and if you were to think on it you would understand . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Printed on it you 'll see a space for the date of birth already filled in and also a space for the date of death , not yet filled in . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | After all , if it 's got your name on it you 'll get it anyway . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | On it you will find some packets of chemical powders , a small bottle and a book . |
| 9 | Yeah I know , you know , there 'll be two pound postage on it you can guarantee on it so the crafty devils they are |