Example sentences of "[vb past] of [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He met two artists , husband and wife , ‘ awfully sweet , she has a bold yet subtle and exotic sense of colour ’ , and thought of trying her for the costumes ; he had already got another artist to try and ‘ you never saw such revue in all your life ’ . |
| 2 | She thought of ringing him on the off chance of catching him at the flat , but shelved the possibility as unlikely . |
| 3 | I was not desperate to make money at that time , rather I thought of helping her with the commission she would take . |
| 4 | I thought of presenting myself at the docks and saying that my pocket had been picked … but I lacked the impudence to carry it off . |
| 5 | And I thought of putting something in the paper , asking anyone born on April the tenth that year at Thorn House to get in touch . |