Example sentences of "think it a [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Personally , I have always thought it a great mistake to expect young people to be interested in politics . |
| 2 | She hesitated to call it a party , but the hostess thought it a good opporotunity to invite round like-minded friends . |
| 3 | As talking had helped Violet , the girl in Hope , I thought it a good idea to let him talk himself to sleep . |
| 4 | We thought it a good idea to start off by hiring a motor caravan , or camper van as they 're called in NZ , but as it was quite expensive we took it for a fortnight just to try it . |
| 5 | ‘ Because I thought it a good idea to have your home address , ’ he added , in the same tone . |
| 6 | He had never done one and always thought it a dangerous manoeuvre to execute . |
| 7 | Stephen thought it a curious place to leave one 's car , blocking , or partly blocking , the northbound roadway , while taking it a farther ten yards on would have enabled its driver to pull in onto the bridlepath that traversed the Vale as far as the Reeve 's way . |
| 8 | But he thought it a reasonable request to ask for a route and he took himself away to Tara 's great map room to procure maps for them . |
| 9 | Bowling took no further part in the proceedings , but he may think it a small price to pay for providing one of the turning points in a memorable match . |
| 10 | I mean I would n't ever think it a good idea to encourage women to leave the home if they thought that their job was in there looking after small children , but it 's very obvious nowadays that a very large number of women do n't want to in the home any more . |
| 11 | Cape Wrath is a good place to visit , but many a genteel tourist will think it a good place to leave . |
| 12 | I think it a good excuse to get away from his family . |