Example sentences of "[verb] to think [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said that she chose to write with other people when she wanted to write a story , because other people helped to think of more ideas , and it was more fun . |
| 2 | I tried to think of specific areas … like number of wins — home record — goals etc . |
| 3 | We agreed to these conditions , and tried to think of salacious things for Ted to tell Jean . |
| 4 | I tried to think of nice things ; then , when I could n't think of any , I determined to concentrate on what was happening around me . |
| 5 | As it was he tried to think of other things . |
| 6 | He felt he was going to climax early and desperately tried to think of other things to take his mind off it in order to last until she was ready . |
| 7 | He tried to think of other names , and remembered one ; Olivia . |
| 8 | With a little frown , she tried to think of another reason . |
| 9 | Afterwards Grayling tried to think of some reason in the environment that might have had something to do with the outburst . |
| 10 | Carrie tried to think of some way to break it . |
| 11 | His mind was racing now , beads of sweat standing out on his forehead , as he desperately tried to think of some way of alerting the pump attendant to his predicament without endangering them both . |
| 12 | Brian tried to think about all those theories — so abstruse to him — which maintained that unloved children became unloving mothers , abused children turned into abusers of their own offspring . |
| 13 | I tried to think about this but did n't succeed . |
| 14 | But I 'd never thought of us as really having to worry about money that much ; certainly I was used to getting more or less what I wanted and had come to think of this virtually as a right , the way only children are apt to if their parents are anything other than actively hostile to them . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd need to think on that , ’ Richard replied , still without turning his gaze to the older man . |
| 16 | Teachers will need to think of new ways to plan timetables . |
| 17 | An actress has to think about these things . ’ |
| 18 | it is a funny film , you seen Roxanne where he plays a fucking funny , he has to think of twenty pornographic , the only women who can satisfy two by two women at once its got here , nature loving , too much , really love little bee , give a mat to sit on and stuff like that , your gon na fucking break that in a minute , time have you Mark ? |
| 19 | Yet when she came to think about this further , she realised that she was nowhere near understanding Brian . |
| 20 | It could n't matter less what the AMDEA happens to think about global warming ; the reality is that changes in the European Community will force all European manufacturers to meet higher standards . |
| 21 | She hated to be made to think in this way ; but there were some things you had to think of with your mind , when you could n't straightforwardly see them with your hands , to deal with them then and there . |
| 22 | She seemed to think about that for a moment — how sad it had been — and then started to laugh . |
| 23 | Guido seemed to think about that for a moment . |
| 24 | Guido seemed to think about that for a moment . |
| 25 | Miss Kenton seemed to think about this before saying a little sulkily : |
| 26 | Ernie seemed to think about this . |
| 27 | Despite the material and social disadvantages that Harry had suffered as a child , he still seemed to think of those early years as happy ones . |
| 28 | Yes , I 've got to come back to you in a minute Fred and I 'll just give you time to think about this . |
| 29 | I ca n't even begin to think about such a question |
| 30 | The relativism of values seems so sensible and convincing until we reflect on what this implies , namely that what we feel passionately about with regard to truth or justice or purpose of life has no justification apart from the fact that we happen to think like this . |