Example sentences of "think of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can think of ordinary , real time as a horizontal line , going from left to right . |
| 2 | No doubt you can think of reflex behaviours you have learned in this way . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | I am innovative and can think of new ways of using old materials , such as making toys from everyday household items |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ! |
| 8 | The reader can no doubt think of other properties usually ascribed to Z which we have so far failed to mention . |
| 9 | Can you think of other discourse types which often avoid referring expressions , and , if so , what are the reasons for this ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | At that time I did not think of other people , and what the creature could do to them . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | ‘ I can think of other and better things … ’ |
| 15 | We can all think of other examples . |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | It 's the kind of place best avoided after dark ; it makes me think of poor Moley , and Ratty 's warning , and that 's why I call it the Wild Wood . |
| 18 | They 'll need to patch up their wounded defence and wounded soldiers , before they can think of premier league football next year . |
| 19 | ‘ I could only think of stupid , unimportant questions . |
| 20 | Must be yours , I do n't think of stupid things like that . |
| 21 | A watchdog group reckons many viewers will think of black people when they see the furry orang-utan in the electricity commercial . |
| 22 | Everyone , is says , can think of black sheep of their acquaintance . |
| 23 | In order to tackle the problem let us think of short-term and long-term strategy . |
| 24 | ‘ I could think of individual old people who were inappropriately placed in long-stay settings , or who were creating excessive stresses at home on relatives … and I could see that something more substantial in the community needed to be provided . |
| 25 | And then , ‘ Well , Wolfprince ? ’ he said in his hissing , bubbling whisper , making Nuadu think of lipless jaws and clotting wounds . |
| 26 | Next Wed 's possible visit to London — there 'll probably be a train strike that day , so maybe we should think of alternative ways of getting whatever it is you want me to bring down to you on another day ? |
| 27 | No doubt you can think of various acts which are crimes in this country but not in other countries ; and of behaviour which is against the criminal law of other societies but which is not criminal in Britain . |
| 28 | Er whereas if you ask somebody to name an accent they 'd probably think of regional varieties , urban varieties , |
| 29 | Erm perhaps you can think of daft things like think of someone kicking the kettle . |
| 30 | The teacher might think of extra resources : a box of artefacts ( some of which may be replicas ) which the pupils can handle ; a bookcase with additional reference materials including dictionaries and atlases as well as appropriate texts of higher and lower levels or a selection of visual materials for study . |