Example sentences of "on it you [vb mod] " 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 | erm but if you 're , what if you 're actually going to step on it you may as well be at work for the day . |
| 3 | And coming off valium was a lot harder because you do n't realize that when you 're on it you ca n't get back off it again . |
| 4 | An and the other thing is of course , when I first started going on it you ca n't read while you 're on it |
| 5 | You know they 're either set up now you 've given them an education and thrown them on the world squandering it now they 'll only squander it when they get their hands on it you might as well squander it on yourselves , let the kids squander it for you . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I know but if you 're going to get glue on it you might as well get it on this instead of on the lace one . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | After all , if it 's got your name on it you 'll get it anyway . ’ |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 13 | On it you will find some packets of chemical powders , a small bottle and a book . |
| 14 | Yeah I know , you know , there 'll be two pound postage on it you can guarantee on it so the crafty devils they are |