Example sentences of "not to think [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frankie stared at the floor and tried not to think of all the things he might have done , or failed to do , to cause this latest upset . |
| 2 | He tried not to think of that other night , more than five years ago , when he and Ebenezer had walked this same path , on their way — or so they thought — to release Izzy Kleiber . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , but I try not to think of those days . |
| 4 | In fact it is best not to think of ethical positivism as a theory of natural law because this may lead to consequences which are directly contrary to those sought , namely , the appeal to ‘ higher ’ laws as a basis for disobeying positive law , and the pursuit of an external validation for the devices of positive law which posits the existence of metaphysical rules to be discovered by a process of moral inspection . |
| 5 | He refused to do this , warning them of the wrongfulness and unwisdom of such vows , and that they should learn ‘ not to think of human nature above that which it is , a sea of flowings and ebbings , and of all manner of inconstancy ’ . |
| 6 | Best not to think of another winter . |
| 7 | She felt herself responding , trying not to think of red roses , and the staff nurse on Rainbow , trying to tell herself that he was kissing her because he wanted to , because he liked her . |
| 8 | ‘ Try not to think about that . |
| 9 | Folly had been trying not to think about that particular angle of her revenge . |
| 10 | We 've got two officer 's for example who are leading on working the young people in the town , Youth Development Officer 's er we , the Local Government Unit has a policy team initiated work on the youth policy , and this arose out of erm a member seminar 's , September eighty nine , where er the members felt that really the Council was n't doing enough for young people , that we as a Council , not not to think about young in the way we deliver our services and it was felt that we needed to go out and talked to young people , which we did in the winter of that year , erm and find out what they wanted from us , and the res as a result of that , that , that policy , and that consultation exercise has now developed into a front line service where we have two people full time working with young people in the town and that 's on various things , graffiti project , the underpasses in the town we , which have got graffiti type I mean I know there not everybody 's cup of tea , but I mean they way . |
| 11 | The best recommendation Gandalf can make is not to think about such things . |
| 12 | Try not to think about these things . |
| 13 | But while Howard sits there , trying not to think about those 97,000 piled corpses , he apparently sits there thinking about coffee . |
| 14 | In some ways , in fact , it 's a bit less worthwhile , in that you tend not to think about social matters , people 's characters and things like that . |