Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] me think " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that my innocent inquiry had provoked such a defensive , almost hostile response got me thinking about what has been happening to the labour force since the mid-1970s . |
| 2 | That bit made me think even then . |
| 3 | His talk made me think of the housing estates near Mum 's house , where the ‘ working class ’ would have laughed in Terry 's face — those , that is , who would n't have smacked him round the ear for calling them working class in the first place . |
| 4 | Hearing of this preliminary training for the Parachute Regiment at Hardwick made me think up an indelicate version of the famous old rhyme about that prodigy house , ‘ Hardwick Hall , more glass than wall ’ : ‘ Hardwick Hall , sore a — e when fall ’ . |
| 5 | The angle of the lamp cord on the bar made me think I saw a hearing-aid cable extending from Fielding 's ear . |
| 6 | Seeing it on the noticeboard at the workhouse made me think … but I ca n't be sure any more . |
| 7 | ‘ The problems of distribution and the various changes that we had to make to establish ourselves in Scotland made me think that if I just swung the compass I 'd land up in Paris . ’ |
| 8 | These bands make me think of Robert Bridges ' poem of love , I Will Not Let Thee Go . |
| 9 | These ideas make me think that creativity and beauty are linked . |
| 10 | Martinho let me think . |
| 11 | Then I heard the footsteps … coming up fast= an echoing , slapping sound making me think of a great bird or bat flapping up from the bottom of a wall … |
| 12 | — the colour made me think of Nile mud — |
| 13 | The sight of another person 's suffering and sacrifice stopped me thinking so much about my own problems . |
| 14 | So I both the , both those disadvantages lead me to think that we ought not to unblock this area . |
| 15 | ‘ Being here in Majorca made me think of Seville . |
| 16 | The door got me thinking . |
| 17 | The dressing-gown made me think … just for a moment … ’ |
| 18 | This telephone call made me think back over the years . |
| 19 | Seddon 's remark that I should n't try to get in touch with him at Scotland Yard set me thinking . |
| 20 | Colloquium yesterday by Steve Jones set me thinking . |
| 21 | Prince 's music makes me think of Des Esseintes 's symphony of perfumes : exquisite , heady , overpowering , slightly nauseous . |
| 22 | Hoffman 's face has never been very expressive ( sometimes his rabbit stare makes me think that the great Maureen Stapleton has spawned an emotionally retarded.son ) , but he has always been able to get our empathy . ’ |
| 23 | The incident set me thinking . |
| 24 | This time of the building of the gardens of our minds makes me think of the Pacific Ocean where insects spin the sunlight and the salt water , and weave them into the most beautiful oases of the sea . |
| 25 | The experience forced me to think about our drug policies . |
| 26 | But working on that film made me think about my life . |
| 27 | His tone made me think he was phoning because he sympathized and wanted to help . |
| 28 | And if that is so , then I revert to the considerations already stated which as a matter of construction make me think that it did so legislate . |
| 29 | ‘ My experience with women leads me to think differently . ’ |
| 30 | Hair against skin makes me think of glamour . |