Example sentences of "you can [verb] on it " in BNC.
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| 1 | * Get into the habit of standing back from your essay so that you can comment on it for the benefit of your reader ( see p. 104 ) . |
| 2 | I was thinking of writing to TSB and the programme desk tomorrow advertising our group , I 'll send a draft letter so you can comment on it . |
| 3 | She 's got six weeks , well you can go on it when you like really , well , you |
| 4 | and you can go on it anywhere as far as you like for forty pence . |
| 5 | Yeah , you can swear on it . |
| 6 | Yeah , you can record on it and it does a C D sound , that sort of thing |
| 7 | You can start on it this year if you like Mike ! |
| 8 | You can more than survive the twentieth-century diet ; you can flourish on it if you know how to make the right choices . |
| 9 | I 'm going to bring in some illuminated medieval books for you to have a look at , because what you 're going to do is to write this out in best on special paper using illuminated letters and if you 're very good we will try to get them laminated so that we can keep them as an example of what year seven students can produce as their best work , to say to everybody , hey look at this , this is very good , now we ca n't do that if I give you a sheet of A four paper and you manage to fill less than a quarter of that space , so you 're going to need a minimum of ten different things that you would like to say you think are important , you believe are important , you believe they 're valuable and your homework over the next week is to finish that list if you want it to rhyme , well yes you can work on it to make it rhyme , if you want to have what we call rhyming couplet , er just one moment I have n't said clear away . |
| 10 | From the time you fall in love with a property to the time you move in , you can count on it being an average of three to four months . |
| 11 | You can count on it . |
| 12 | ‘ You can count on it . |
| 13 | ‘ You can count on it . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I think you can count on it , Cornflower , ’ he said softly , then changed the subject by saying , ‘ I have n't shown you what came in the mail today . ’ |
| 15 | Asked if Saddam Hussein would be held accountable for the treatment of the men , Bush replied : " You can count on it . " |
| 16 | If there is anything in this Duke of Windsor nonsense , the peace at any price brigade , that 's where it 'll come from , you can count on it . ’ |
| 17 | Yeah I know , you know , there 'll be two pound postage on it you can guarantee on it so the crafty devils they are |
| 18 | Leith yelled , and as fury which she just could not contain spiralled out of control , her right hand arced through the air , and even as she hit him with all her strength , she was still yelling , ‘ Since it seems to be taking so long to sink in , you can bank on it — whoever pays my mortgage , you 're far , far at the back of the queue ! ’ |