Example sentences of "thought [prep] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Dozzell said : ‘ I thought about wearing it for the last few minutes , but I did n't think it would go down too well .
2 I thought about posting it to the club as my sign of protest .
3 So this I thought about doing something on the erm , the new schools ' group what we when we finish the .
4 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 ’ .
5 She thought of ringing him on the off chance of catching him at the flat , but shelved the possibility as unlikely .
6 I was not desperate to make money at that time , rather I thought of helping her with the commission she would take .
7 I thought of presenting myself at the docks and saying that my pocket had been picked … but I lacked the impudence to carry it off .
8 And I thought of putting something in the paper , asking anyone born on April the tenth that year at Thorn House to get in touch .
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