Example sentences of "think [prep] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was ridiculous that he should think of lowering himself through the floor of the carriage , that he should contemplate hanging for moments or minutes beneath the train , that he should consider allowing himself to fall on to the frozen stones between the wheels . |
| 2 | How could he think of abandoning her to the malevolent clutches of this voracious monster ? |
| 3 | He had thought about sending her to the oculist and he was much nicer to Gran . |
| 4 | Dozzell said : ‘ I thought about wearing it for the last few minutes , but I did n't think it would go down too well . |
| 5 | I thought about posting it to the club as my sign of protest . |
| 6 | So this I thought about doing something on the erm , the new schools ' group what we when we finish the . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | She thought of ringing him on the off chance of catching him at the flat , but shelved the possibility as unlikely . |
| 9 | I was not desperate to make money at that time , rather I thought of helping her with the commission she would take . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Erm , the kit that these boys are wearing is a number of years old , and therefore we are going to need think about replacing it at the end of this season . |
| 13 | I was also excited at the prospect of earning some reward , and I could n't sleep that night for thinking about visiting her in the morning . |
| 14 | ‘ We 're thinking of taking it to the European Court of Human Rights ’ , she says . |
| 15 | As a matter of fact , I 'm thinking of offering her to The Lancet . |