Example sentences of "[verb] thought [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I shall give thought to the matter , my lord , ’ Elizabeth Woodville said icily , more than a little on her mettle . |
| 2 | Did you yourself give thought to the action that you thought would be required ? |
| 3 | Now , based on the information that you 've just taken down you need to give thought to the way in which you compile those . |
| 4 | The effective teacher needs to give thought to the abilities pupils will require in order to be successful historians themselves . |
| 5 | As it happened , I had that same morning been giving thought to the dilemma of whether or not I was expected to reciprocate my employer 's bantering , and had been seriously worried at how he might be viewing my repeated failure to respond to such openings . |
| 6 | Only better priests could achieve satisfactory relations with their parishioners , and producing better priests meant giving thought to the clerical estate as a whole . |
| 7 | A fair employer will already have given thought to the alternatives to redundancy , perhaps even contacting other companies within the same group to see whether vacancies exist elsewhere . |
| 8 | For example , Government- or TANU- employed journalists who had given thought to the matter told me that within the provisions of the Arusha Declaration and its main socialist objectives there was a wide range of issues concerning implementation to discuss . |
| 9 | All who have given thought to the matter agree that an apparatus as complex as the human eye could not possibly come into existence through single-step selection . |
| 10 | Once a unit has been written towards clearly defined aims ( or ‘ intentions ’ in philosopher 's language ) it can be used to promote thought about the relationship between these aims and the behaviour that results in practice . |
| 11 | Ranulf thought of the Lady Agnes and moaned ; she had proved a fiery lover from the time he had first flung her on her back and lifted her lace-trimmed skirts . |
| 12 | So I believe that the people making films have a strong responsibility to foster thought to the general public . |
| 13 | And as to Spasov and being saved — ‘ Il me semble que tout le monde va à Spassof ’ — there is still some comic devillife in him as he quotes the Saviour against his bible-selling saviour because she is taking thought for the morrow , and as he turns the gospel on its head with ‘ Happiness does n't pay me because I start at once forgiving all my enemies . ’ |
| 14 | Elizabeth Mowbray watched her changing expressions , seeing the steadiness of her gaze as she gave thought to the revelation and its implications , the high smooth brow and long-fingered white hands . |
| 15 | Recognizing that in this instance her son would use any means to persuade her to change her mind , Elizabeth Woodville none the less gave thought to the suggestion . |