Example sentences of "think of [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could he think of abandoning her to the malevolent clutches of this voracious monster ? |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | She thought of ringing him on the off chance of catching him at the flat , but shelved the possibility as unlikely . |
| 4 | I was not desperate to make money at that time , rather I thought of helping her with the commission she would take . |
| 5 | ‘ We 're thinking of taking it to the European Court of Human Rights ’ , she says . |
| 6 | As a matter of fact , I 'm thinking of offering her to The Lancet . |