Example sentences of "think it [art] [adj] [noun sg] [verb] " 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 | Nina knows about the lymphoma ; I had to cancel a prearranged lunch at Langans with her as it coincided with my short stay in hospital , and rather than make up an excuse I thought it an opportune time to tell her . |
| 10 | A large fish on his or my line was always an occasion for excitement for Edwy and he would jump into the water with his gaff if he thought it the only way to land it . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Do you think it a good idea coming into drama training direct from school ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Cape Wrath is a good place to visit , but many a genteel tourist will think it a good place to leave . |
| 15 | He might think it the honourable thing to do . |
| 16 | I think it a good excuse to get away from his family . |