Example sentences of "i think [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought about it for the prescribed two days , chanting , ‘ How do I get her to sign the form ? — How do I get her to sign the form ? ’ , then switched on the wireless in the middle of a biblical play about Moses and God 's voice boomed out of the speakers : |
| 2 | Until I was seventeen , only occasionally and briefly meeting him , I thought of him as the rather alarming head of the family . |
| 3 | I thought of him as the rhino : myopic , short-legged , thick-skinned , not too bright but with a mean temper , a surprising turn of speed over a short course , and , above all , a keen sense of smell . |
| 4 | But then I thought ‘ Driven By You … ’ and ping ! the lights went on ; I thought of it as the power struggle that goes on in relationships . |
| 5 | I thought of us as the little princes in the Tower , and of the city of London as the cruel torturer Hubert who at any moment might come and put out our poetic eyes . |
| 6 | I thought like you about the windows , so I stayed away for moons and moons and then I flew back , but the windows were barred , for my mother had forgotten me and another little boy was in my bed . |
| 7 | However , when I think of him at the Departments of the Environment and of Education and Science , I realise that it probably was his finest hour . |
| 8 | ‘ I think of him as the big brother I never had . ’ |
| 9 | I think of them as the sea-bird equivalent of a peregrine or other member of the falcon family . |
| 10 | I think of you in the middle of all that black water , and I wish that you could be here with me . |