Example sentences of "think [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] [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 | We thought about going down on the saturday and staying at Great Yarmouth and then driving to the match . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | She very much wanted to read the letter she had received and she thought of crossing over to the Villa Nazionale . |
| 6 | For a moment I thought of driving out to the Jackson house , and beating out of the lawyer whatever information he had . |
| 7 | I then thought of running up to the local police station , but I was worried that a train might have come . ’ |
| 8 | 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 ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I thought of walking down to the beach and having a hamburger at Pepe 's . ’ |
| 10 | 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 ! ’ |
| 11 | I think of dashing off to the loo to drink it but I decide to wait . |
| 12 | So it looked as though there was little reason for her to think of backing out of the deal they were planning . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | Gregory was seriously thinking of getting out of the music business at the time . |
| 15 | Tell you what , Jacqui and I were thinking of tootling on to the midnight matinee at the Parthenon after this lot . |
| 16 | ‘ You are n't thinking of going out into the jungle to exercise for old times ’ sake ? ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |