Example sentences of "think [prep] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The improvement in what we do through the scanning data at the checkout and our own in-house distribution means that we can think about smaller quantities in the regions . |
| 2 | The record card for such a client was scribbled over with the comment of dealers : " He 's about to buy a house ; has no funds ; he 'll see how the shares he already has do ; he 's going in for Rolls Royce , so has no money ; he 's still waiting for share certificates — once these have arrived he will think about further investment . " |
| 3 | No longer was it something she could think about later . |
| 4 | Even if it was n't dangerous , it was certainly silly and I could think of better things to do with my time . |
| 5 | He could think of better ways to start the day . |
| 6 | He could , however , think of better ways of spending a fine Sunday morning . |
| 7 | ‘ I can think of better things to do than share a house with a bitch like you . |
| 8 | And I could think of better places , public imagewise , to negotiate with a dissatisfied customer . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I can think of better places to make love , cariad . ’ |
| 10 | Ben could think of better ways of spending his free day — a round of golf — even doing the garden — but according to Louise , and he had to agree with her , you did n't ditch a friend because a friend ditched you . |
| 11 | He could think of worse . |
| 12 | One thinks of younger siblings and playmates , handicapped friends , and animals . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , we 're all together still , are n't we ? ’ said Cliff 's brother Steve , with some asperity : he could have thought of better ways of spending the evening , given the choice . |
| 14 | Even in the sciences it was thought in later antiquity that all wisdom lay in the past . |
| 15 | The small print on the contracts is often confusing and you can end up paying more than you thought for longer than you anticipated . |
| 16 | ‘ We thought of better excuses in my day . |
| 17 | These gains were the by-products of a war fought mainly for reasons connected with the balance of power in Europe , but they were attractive enough to encourage the British to think about further involvement outside Europe . |
| 18 | I have just indicated one way in which criticism centred on the theory dependence of observation can be to some extent evaded by the inductivists , and I am convinced that they will be able to think of further ingenious defences . |
| 19 | My argument does not even assume that it was a dominant way of thinking in earlier periods . |