Example sentences of "think the good " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Straw Race is a lot of hard work and a lot of fun , but Martin Jay , chairman of the race , thinks the best part is ‘ giving the money away at the end , when all the hard work finally feels worthwhile ’ . |
| 2 | Who was the , who , who do you thinks the best dance in your class ? |
| 3 | ‘ Now that SOCO 's had his pound of flesh , do you think the good lady of the house is up to making a check ? |
| 4 | ‘ Parents may think the best thing to do with a nervous child is to tell him or her not to worry . |
| 5 | They have come from a war-ravaged country where their parents or friends have thought the best thing to do is to get them on a plane to some safer place . |
| 6 | She would have thought the better of him for it as well , Lugh knew he could be sure of that . |
| 7 | He had gone in search of gold and glory and they thought the better of him for it ; even the composer of the ‘ New World Symphony ’ was careful to sound the horns of triumph . |
| 8 | Ajayi said , Quiss opened his mouth to speak , but then thought the better of it . |
| 9 | He thought the better of pressing on that one too |
| 10 | I hummed to myself , something I always used to do when I wanted to smile or laugh , but thought the better of it . |
| 11 | Werewolf looked him in the eyes and Waters thought the better of it , saying weakly : ‘ Go . ’ |
| 12 | Erm , I seem to remember that when we met earlier in the year and you were looking forward to , to , to this year as a whole , I think you er , indicated that it was going to be a good year and I think you also suggested , if I remember right , that you thought the better part of that improvement would be seen in the second half rather than the first . |
| 13 | As to alternative sources of care he thought the better answer was the crossroads organisation rather than an nursing agency . |
| 14 | JUST when they thought the good times were coming to an end , Japanese building firms are being given a batch of orders for huge infrastructure projects . |
| 15 | Only three Conservative MPs had shown much interest in the movement , and the political establishment in general thought the best policy was to ignore Mosley . |
| 16 | I thought the best thing to do was spare Oliver 's blushes , so I murmured something about getting off to work . |
| 17 | I thought the best thing to be , before this went any further , was brisk . |
| 18 | Spooner picked up on this idea and thought the best way to do it would be as an extended Perils of Pauline -type adventure , complete with ‘ How are they going to get out of that ? ’ endings . |
| 19 | Folk in Preston thought the best 'un Was the right 'un . |
| 20 | We had a meeting on site , and Dave thought the best idea was to clear the overhead vegetation first ( volunteers ) , then cut the path with a bulldozer and let the lorries drive right through , dropping their loads of chippings as they went . |
| 21 | The Whigs were firmly committed to the European alliance , and thought the best way to prosecute the war effort was through a full continental campaign . |
| 22 | He was funny , always thought the best of people . |
| 23 | No I thought , I thought the best one had to be erm home , home and office uses for home ex for high explosive or something stupid like that I mean that was |
| 24 | ‘ I think the better the players are treated in these respects , the more enthusiastic is their response to the challenges before them , ’ points out McGilligan , ‘ Let's face it , the whole sport has become more professional off the field — and it 's good to see it — so I do n't think too many people would begrudge players a few wee perks . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Dorothy , I think the best thing would be if you went home now and reported to me here , first thing tomorrow morning . |
| 26 | I think the best way to teach hairdressers might be to make them become clients . |
| 27 | It is claimed that the church is one of the most complete examples of the Milanese baroque style , but I think the best feature is the campanile , the only part of the older building that remains . |
| 28 | I think the best way to proceed will be for you to produce as many captions as you think fit and we can then select from these during editing . |
| 29 | All sorts of tricks were tried in order to harden the conkers — gentle baking , soaking in a mixture of salt and vinegar , but I think the best way was to allow them to harden naturally in the sun on a window sill . |
| 30 | Alternatively they may say : ‘ We think the best way to do it is to follow what the local authority have said you are to do ’ . ’ |