Example sentences of "think [prep] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 But before he thinks about drifting off to the sun , Biggins wants another taste of cup glory .
2 Has she thought of setting up in the coffin business herself ?
3 It is understood he initially thought of going there at the weekend but was advised against it by the police .
4 We thought about going down on the saturday and staying at Great Yarmouth and then driving to the match .
5 ‘ My nickname was ‘ Rabbit ’ because of my prominent front teeth — so when we decided to get married , I instantly thought of dressing up as the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland .
6 She very much wanted to read the letter she had received and she thought of crossing over to the Villa Nazionale .
7 For a moment I thought of driving out to the Jackson house , and beating out of the lawyer whatever information he had .
8 I then thought of running up to the local police station , but I was worried that a train might have come . ’
9 When Frank heard that Michael thought of going in for the prize on this set book he was indignant and sent a message to Michael , ‘ Who in his senses would read a book by a bishop ? ’
10 ‘ I thought of walking down to the beach and having a hamburger at Pepe 's . ’
11 For one mad moment he thought of climbing out of the seat and sliding down a girder to safety : ‘ No , you berk , they only do that in films ! ’
12 I think of dashing off to the loo to drink it but I decide to wait .
13 So it looked as though there was little reason for her to think of backing out of the deal they were planning .
14 ‘ I was thinking about coming on for the last five minutes when we were 2-0 down , to get a bit of glory , but the legs would n't let me , ’ he joked .
15 Gregory was seriously thinking of getting out of the music business at the time .
16 Their prospectus said Skerne was thinking of extending further into the bridge-building field , and £200,000 was secured by the sale of 10,000 £20 shares .
17 Tell you what , Jacqui and I were thinking of tootling on to the midnight matinee at the Parthenon after this lot .
18 Well I was thinking of walking home from the centre of the town but then I thought to hell with it .
19 ‘ You are n't thinking of going out into the jungle to exercise for old times ’ sake ? ’
20 If you are thinking of heading on towards the Capital there 's no such problems there , the M4 the M40 and the M25 running quite nicely this evening .
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