Example sentences of "think of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later he reproves himself for an impulse to be rude to a ‘ good auld guy ’ encountered during his terminal search for a bus , and we think of the prating ‘ good old man ’ Polonius . |
| 2 | ‘ Now you really must tell us what you think of the Abyssinian question , Mr Tyler , ’ Brenda Waters said as soon as Edith had withdrawn . |
| 3 | A young lad had called out , ‘ See what the beasts think of the Act ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You must tell me what you think of the terrine . |
| 5 | But if we think of the conscious subject as located within , or identical to , the brain , then external relations are beyond his gaze . |
| 6 | I have no doubt that dedicated woodturners everywhere would scoff at the idea of engineers ' lathes being used for woodturners , but when I think of the various moulds and patterns I have made over the years with comparative ease but which due to their intricacies could only have been made with extreme difficulty on a wood lathe — if at all . |
| 7 | You think of the glow of pride that still lingers from your last HVS triumph with embarrassment and try to console yourself with the mitigating circumstances of age , heavy work responsibilities , duty to family , your back problem … |
| 8 | Think of The Seven Samurai . |
| 9 | Italians think of the state system much as Britons used to regard ‘ Auntie ’ and not for nothing is it known as ‘ Mamma RAI ’ . |
| 10 | At Riverside Studios during the interval of a play in Russian , I was chatting about anything other than the play to the Guardian 's critic , Michael Billington , when Mark Dignam approached Billington and , most courteously and with a touch of a bow , said : ‘ Mr Billington , I look forward to reading you tomorrow and seeing what I think of the play . ’ |
| 11 | When I think of the hours of weeding it saves , it appears nothing but beautiful to me . |
| 12 | Look out for the Outdoor Action team when you do go and tell us what you think of the magazine . |
| 13 | That 's why sports cars went through such doldrums for so many years too , and shy we think of the sudden plethora of ‘ traditional ’ small sports cars as a sports car ‘ revival ’ . |
| 14 | THINK ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES , THINK OF THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY ARE STARVING BECAUSE WE TAKE THEIR FOOD FROM THEM TO SATISFY OUR APPETITE . |
| 15 | Think of the bad example you are to anyone on the list for surgery . |
| 16 | It 's a real effort to click back to that frame of mind , which is bad because fanaticism is the true experience of pop , not discrimination and broad-mindedness — I think of the splendid devotion of all those boys and girls , who as soon as they 've got hold of the new Cure or New Order or Bunnymen record , immediately set to learning the lyrics by heart , then spend days exhaustively interpreting the Tablets From on High , struggling to establish some fit between their experience and what is actually some drunken doggerel cobbled together in a studio off-moment . |
| 17 | I always come back to the Stones when I think of The Smiths , because of the camp , but mainly because of the way each band illuminates their era for us . |
| 18 | Calvin Mark Lee , from his new record company , donated posters for us to sell at the festival and he was extremely rude to Calvin , which is very strange when you think of the lyrics to ‘ Memory Of A Free Festival ’ which he wrote after the event : ‘ I kissed a lot of people that day ’ . |
| 19 | Now most of the camp 's 700,000 yearly visitors , coming from Israel , Germany , America and elsewhere , think of the second world war as the distant past . |
| 20 | Think of the manufacturing industries fighting head to head with Japan — cars , semiconductors , computers , telecommunications . |
| 21 | However , while we think of pain simply as an idea caused in us by interaction between the fire and our bodies , we think of the snow as being , in itself , white and cold . |
| 22 | We habitually think of the actions of nations and of societies as distinct from the actions of the individuals composing them , and we attribute moral qualities to such actions , and moral rights and duties to nations and societies . |
| 23 | Think of the cataclysmic consequences that could befall the nation if some ruthless Norwegian baker tried to foist fresh bread on people on the weekend . |
| 24 | We think of the desert of modern life with the concentration on material possessions and its resultant poverty . |
| 25 | Think of the might of a forest fire or the burning heat of the sun . |
| 26 | ’ ( Luke 11.4 ) Think of the implications of that ! |
| 27 | Think of the fact that there are over three hundred member churches in the World Council of Churches ! |
| 28 | I would like to know two things : ( 1 ) What you think of the way I have handled him ? ( 2 ) Is he entitled to a loving relationship with another woman ? |
| 29 | I always think of the winter brassicas — sprouting broccoli , sprouts , winter savoys , spring-heading cauliflower and kale — as the ‘ heavy brigade ’ . |
| 30 | When you think of the adverts for tampons and towels , you can see why girls feel such a mixture of pride and shame . |