Example sentences of "think [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Well think about it for a long time
2 Think about it for a few days , that 's all I ask of you .
3 you 're seventeen years old , if you 're old enough to have sex surely you 're old enough to you know , think about it in a mature way .
4 If we think about it in a creative way the blossoms will come .
5 I do n't need to erm elaborate much more Okay , the give it , give it a mechanical structure , well that does n't necessarily apply to some of the things that we 've done but it does to other parts and if you 're gon na discuss somebody 's model , think about it in the real world .
6 I think of them as the sea-bird equivalent of a peregrine or other member of the falcon family .
7 Some people have felt that this borrowing from Dorothy and others shows a certain egotism on Wordsworth 's part , but it was his method as an artist to absorb things into himself , and think of them for a long period before writing them down ; nor is it necessary to maintain , in any case , that the ‘ I ’ of a Wordsworth poem is necessarily the poet himself — it may stand as a universal shorthand symbol with which the reader can equally identify .
8 His admirers think of him as a national treasure , rather like the works of art of which he is Congress 's most passionate defender .
9 Mr Eliot has lived abroad so long that we rarely think of him as an American and he is never written about from the point of view of his relation to other American authors .
10 ‘ I think of him as the big brother I never had . ’
11 Teachers definitely think of you as a good athlete if you 're black .
12 ‘ But I think of you as a creative writer , ’ he hazarded at last , amazed at his own effrontery .
13 I think of you as a special customer . ’
14 I think about the year that 's gone past , perhaps , people who 've passed out of my life , and think of it as a new beginning , and I wish as Scots that we would hold on to it and perpetuate that tradition and get away from gathering around the T V in Hogmanay .
15 MOST Mexicans refer to the Yucatan peninsula as ‘ the south-east ’ , and think of it as a poor relation memorable only for its Mayan ruins and the resort of Cancun .
16 We call it now , the Battle of Britain , and think of it as a great victory .
17 ‘ I think of it as a stuffy old family that wants to celebrate the birthday of an aged aunt .
18 Think of it as a romantic sacrifice ! ’
19 We think of it as an active force .
20 I also think that erm it 's up to erm us — I mean if you think of us as a whole travel industry — to really take a look at what we are providing and compare it with what is provided in other countries ; the standards of service , how long do you have to wait for a meal when you 're sitting down to eat in a restaurant , what are people used to in France and Germany and the USA ?
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