Example sentences of "try to think [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to think of specific areas … like number of wins — home record — goals etc . |
| 2 | We agreed to these conditions , and tried to think of salacious things for Ted to tell Jean . |
| 3 | I tried to think of nice things ; then , when I could n't think of any , I determined to concentrate on what was happening around me . |
| 4 | As it was he tried to think of other things . |
| 5 | He felt he was going to climax early and desperately tried to think of other things to take his mind off it in order to last until she was ready . |
| 6 | He tried to think of other names , and remembered one ; Olivia . |
| 7 | With a little frown , she tried to think of another reason . |
| 8 | Afterwards Grayling tried to think of some reason in the environment that might have had something to do with the outburst . |
| 9 | Carrie tried to think of some way to break it . |
| 10 | His mind was racing now , beads of sweat standing out on his forehead , as he desperately tried to think of some way of alerting the pump attendant to his predicament without endangering them both . |
| 11 | Brian tried to think about all those theories — so abstruse to him — which maintained that unloved children became unloving mothers , abused children turned into abusers of their own offspring . |
| 12 | I tried to think about this but did n't succeed . |
| 13 | We can try to think of practical ways in which a minority of Tit for Tat individuals might happen to increase to the critical mass . |
| 14 | ‘ I shall try to think of some way of showing how grateful I am for your bravery . |
| 15 | I wo n't even try to think of any . |
| 16 | Then try to think of one thing at a time as you write . |
| 17 | Try to think of those good points of Sarah 's , Christine , and you wo n't mind about the few points she loses ! ’ |
| 18 | Here are some : To get out of trouble To get someone else out of trouble To make us look better than we are Try to think of some more . |
| 19 | But we try to think of happy memories together too . |
| 20 | If your child is ill , try to think about that separately from your other problems , and to deal with it as rationally as possible . |
| 21 | I asked , desperately trying to think of great composers who have written great trumpet concertos . |
| 22 | I remember trying to think of all the troops who would line up behind me , and realizing that there was only Anne . |
| 23 | I was trying to think of all these things like she 's done like . |
| 24 | He had decided to give up , had , indeed , spent several hours trying to think of one thing he actually liked about Elinor when , two days before the funeral , she looked up from a quiche Lorraine ( 'Billykins says it 's about all she could face ’ ) and barked : ‘ What are we going to drink ? ’ |
| 25 | An unaccustomed self-pity overtook him , sitting in the straw , and he went into a trance , thinking of all the ways he lost out , trying to think of one positive factor in his favour . |
| 26 | D' ya know I was trying to think of that footballer tha the other week with Colin . |
| 27 | Having set up an interview , Alex sat back , making notes , trying to think of other entrenched bastions of male privilege , circles from which women were excluded . |
| 28 | How odd , Alec thought , I 've been thinking about her all the time since I came here , trying to think of some way of seeing her again . |
| 29 | She wound down the window , trying to think of some way of putting things right . |
| 30 | I delayed switching the computer off while I racked my brain trying to think of some way of saving them , but there was none . |