Example sentences of "think of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You whine and whinge and think of no one but yourself . |
| 2 | Think of a piece of paper , I tell her . |
| 3 | Think of a pint of beer , or two glasses of wine , as the maximum for one day , rather than the minimum . |
| 4 | On the other hand , if we think of a wheel or turntable , ‘ revolution ’ implies a mere turning , continual movement without progress . |
| 5 | In 1917 he could refer Garvin to a speech made in 1905 where he stated his ideal for the British Empire : ‘ we think of a group of states , all independent in their own local concerns , but all united for the defence of their common interests and the defence of a common civilisation , united not in an alliance — for alliances can be made and unmade — but in a permanent organic union' . |
| 6 | She belonged to that great majority of intelligent human beings who think of a book as something with which to beguile the hours of solitude of an evening . |
| 7 | Think of a child who is alienated from you . |
| 8 | I gripped the telephone tightly and looked at my face in the little oblong mirror of the kiosk and could not , for a moment , think of a single thing to say . |
| 9 | Think of a conference as an aircraft : it needs air flowing over its wings to give it lift . |
| 10 | We could make a team and think of a plan . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Think of a plan about what ? ’ |
| 12 | We think of a being who shows various emotions towards creation — love , wrath , anger , sorrow , mercy and so on — and who is associated with particular activities that we think of as actions taken by persons , such as judgement . |
| 13 | To understand resonance , think of a child on a swing . |
| 14 | When a quake shifts the column and slider — think of a pestle scraping along the bottom of a mortar — the slider faces ever more frictional resistance as it ‘ climbs ’ the curvature of the concave surface . |
| 15 | We English have an important advantage over foreigners in this respect and it is for this reason that when you think of a great butler , he is bound , almost by definition , to be an Englishman . |
| 16 | If they think about it at all , they think of a mythical golden age when children at school were naturally obedient , and , if not , were forced to learn and to remember what they were told . |
| 17 | And think of a life ahead sitting at a machine tapping out : ‘ Dear Sir , At your request I am forwarding twenty barrels of salted herring to your wife 's boudoir . |
| 18 | Think of a clock somewhere in your house . |
| 19 | As you say each one , think of a noun to rhyme with it — use the first one that comes into your head . |
| 20 | Many people think of a bank manager as instinctively wanting to say ‘ No ’ to any request for finance . |
| 21 | Think of a desired alternative action — one that can not be performed at the same time as the ‘ problem ’ behaviour ( see page 55 ) . |
| 22 | Today I walk in the rain of this December afternoon , and I think of a mountain in Ceylon , Sinhala Kanda , the Mountain of Butterflies . |
| 23 | Thus , when we think of a person , the impression we give to him and the one we wanted to give to him and what we really think of him , and what we say to other people about him are all exactly the same . |
| 24 | In the case of the ten out of 50 students , why not just think of a number from one to ten and then take every tenth name from there on ? |
| 25 | Think of a shopping precinct that you know . |
| 26 | Think of a whole orange |
| 27 | Think of a question you could ask to find out more |
| 28 | Think of a lengthening between feet and head ( general ) . |
| 29 | I mean , when you think of a girl … when you dream of making love … ’ |
| 30 | Think of a name or phrase related to your theme . |