Example sentences of "think of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could think of hundreds , no , thousands of replies just at this moment and each one had innumerable abusive words peppered throughout . |
| 2 | You can think of ordinary , real time as a horizontal line , going from left to right . |
| 3 | No doubt you can think of reflex behaviours you have learned in this way . |
| 4 | We have discussed this point because we are about to describe various syndromes of aphasia , and it is important to realise that one can think of each syndrome in the theoretical sense or in the clinical sense . |
| 5 | Sorry for all this blabbing I ca n't think of much of great interest to tell you . |
| 6 | I suppose you do n't think of much else but making money . ’ |
| 7 | ’ I could n't think of much else to say . |
| 8 | And , whereas , her father he , he did n't think of much of the girls at all did he ? |
| 9 | Moreover , my forays outdoors became adventures into loonyland : for instance , asking directions from a garage attendant : ‘ Lost , are you , Beattie ? 'Ere , boys — what do you think of young Melvyn , letting his mum out on the roads without a minder ? |
| 10 | Whatever one may think of such a position , it at least had the merit of being internally consistent . |
| 11 | You must never think of such a wicked thing again . |
| 12 | I am dumbfounded you should even think of such a thing with that lovely new cream gown hanging in your wardrobe and I should have been so happy to lend you my pearls . |
| 13 | How could she think of such a thing ? |
| 14 | No , she must n't think of such things again . |
| 15 | What would the angels think of such a name ? |
| 16 | However , a child , having the book read to them , would not think of such complex ideas , and after all the book was designed for a child . |
| 17 | I am innovative and can think of new ways of using old materials , such as making toys from everyday household items |
| 18 | It was pleasant to lie and think of other Februaries and see himself abroad at dusk in the fields under a chilling rain , standing in a cart hunched up against the storm , bending and rising and bending again to toss turnips to the streaming cattle , listening to their soft thud in the mud and the straining of the horse as his hooves sucked and sank , the cattle lowing plaintively and the sharp crunch of their scooping teeth . |
| 19 | What is , or is not , consistent with human dignity is obviously a value judgment , which can neither be confirmed nor refuted ; and , of course , one can think of other activities that could be construed as being inconsistent with human dignity , which are not criminalized . |
| 20 | We 're sure that machine knitters will think of other uses — perhaps those who can use a sewing machine could run up a fabric tool and accessory holder which could be suspended off the side of the knitting table ! |
| 21 | The reader can no doubt think of other properties usually ascribed to Z which we have so far failed to mention . |
| 22 | Can you think of other discourse types which often avoid referring expressions , and , if so , what are the reasons for this ? |
| 23 | The eminent novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch was asked in an interview in 1982 " What do you think of other forms and media , such as television ? " and I could not agree more with her reply which was " People say that British television is the best in the world but there is so much violence and such a lot of it is so terrible . |
| 24 | At that time I did not think of other people , and what the creature could do to them . |
| 25 | It would be most interesting to know if you can think of other potential members — our seminars have in the last year or two proved popular and have been extraordinarily cost effective . |
| 26 | And we can think of other people like Mother Theresa too , in the face of so much er you know what people have said to her is , you know , do n't you think that er what you 're doing is just a drop in the ocean ? |
| 27 | ‘ I can think of other and better things … ’ |
| 28 | We can all think of other examples . |
| 29 | And here you might think of other kinds of dreams that are so-called typical dreams , like for instance erm , er , has anybody had this dream where you want to go to the bathroom but ca n't find it ? |
| 30 | But we could n't think of many states with a strong enough identity to have a symposium about . |