Example sentences of "[conj] think [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important to notice that the distinction between these two kinds of language ( the artificially constructed and the communicating ) is often more a question of the way we use or think about a particular stretch of language , than the way it is in itself . |
| 2 | Or think about the Fonda phenomenon . |
| 3 | Children are not unfamiliar with situations in which they tell , or are told , what someone else said or thought ; or in which they tell what they themselves said or thought at some point in the past or think at the time of speaking . |
| 4 | We could make a team and think of a plan . ’ |
| 5 | And think of a life ahead sitting at a machine tapping out : ‘ Dear Sir , At your request I am forwarding twenty barrels of salted herring to your wife 's boudoir . |
| 6 | ‘ Even if I am wrong and think of a dozen times , it is still dreadful that somebody so involved in the game is not out there watching the guys . |
| 7 | You whine and whinge and think of no one but yourself . |
| 8 | And think of the climate — more people will want to spend their holidays with you than when you were MP for Ribble Valley . ’ |
| 9 | And think of the furore if Jane Goodall returned from Gombe stream with photographs of wild chimpanzees building their own houses , well roofed and insulated , of painstakingly selected stones neatly bonded and mortared ! |
| 10 | If a ‘ keep out ’ sign annoys you , stop and think of the stalker and his family before you do anything silly , and even if the whole issue of land use and access in Scotland enrages you , remember the place for a protest is not on the hill , but in the ballot box . |
| 11 | One way to think of the development of the worm is to draw an analogy with a digital computer and think of the cells at every cell division making a discrete choice as to what to do next . |
| 12 | Just Lie Back and Think of the Empire |
| 13 | ‘ . Try and think of the word as just as shocking , just as loud , and you find , after practice , that it will stop your thoughts just as effectively in thought as out loud . |
| 14 | And think of the advantages of sharing . |
| 15 | We pray for Your world and think of the news items that have been headlines in the last few days . |
| 16 | And think of the pageants there 'll be in Heaven . ’ |
| 17 | Shelley said quickly , ‘ And think of the future . |
| 18 | ‘ Go home and think of your first husband divorced and your second husband killed in a jet and your third husband blowing his brains out , go home and think of the dozens of abortions you 've had , go home and think of that and your damned caesarian sections too , and your children who hate your guts ! |
| 19 | Well I think an awful lot of people think of Oxfam and think of the shops , er and the shops have been terribly important to us for such a long time , but we 've found a few years ago that er people who , er were asked said that they would give money to Oxfam , but that they were n't necessarily always asked . |
| 20 | I stop and think for a moment — shocked by my act of sadism . |
| 21 | ‘ Try and think for a moment how many points of view there are in the world and how seldom people really understand each other . |
| 22 | And course he 'd frightened himself and er I counted up to about eight , nine and ten I said to him , Look when you go inside that bloody gate now I said go straight into the office sit down and think for a minute where the hell are we all going to in this carry on ? |
| 23 | He was ready to leave Northants and had gone off , with his customary annual zeal , to coach and play for Otago — and think about a geographical change of scenery in England . |
| 24 | ‘ That 's all right for the moment , but I hope , Jane , that you 'll look higher than domestic activity , and think about a better way of using your energy and intelligence in the service of God . ’ |
| 25 | He has to read hundreds of letters , talk to people , and think about a lot of important things . |
| 26 | But having said that I ca n't see a job where you can just kind of swan in and you know and think about a million different things in one day or whatever . |
| 27 | ‘ I want to say to them ‘ think again' and I want to say to them as man to man ‘ think again , go and think about a better way , ’ he said . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , I 'd better get that washing on and think about a dinner , ’ Victoria said ; ‘ but you go along and see what 's happening and we 'll talk about that when you come back … . ’ |
| 29 | Still image also allows you to slow the drama down and think about a situation from another 's point of view . |
| 30 | Walking from the Regimental Headquarters to the Mess there is time to reflect on the day and think about the future . |