Example sentences of "[noun sg] think about [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Dot thought about that place where they 'd visited him long ago , with soldiers guarding the main gate , and long low buildings surrounded by grass clipped so flat there was nowhere for a running man to hide .
2 That was what the professor thought about those two beetles going round the pebble .
3 Erm and so even if we had a full employment situation , we would still need an economic bonus strategy and I know the Conservatives wo n't agree with that , they were very reluctant the last administration to think about economic developments at all but , er eventually they realised the recession was quite er , quite serious .
4 However , it is always good practice to think about these things first so that you are prepared .
5 Boy thought about this reaction to the film all day , but in the end he found it unsatisfactory , both as a form of interpretation and as a form of enjoyment .
6 Topaz thought about that for a while .
7 I often wonder what the Hon. members of the Board thought about that trip , but they seemed to enjoy themselves and there were no repercussions .
8 But it 's not our job to think about that , it 's outside our influence .
9 It should make an interesting text for a graduate-level course in community ecology , help students to plan research and set any ecologist thinking about possible generalizations .
10 Spend a moment thinking about radiation-induced cancer .
11 I think I 've suggested the problem now , and now I 'm going to leave the parties to think about would be a need for expansion , expansion involves built developm think I 'll under the circumstances I 'll give you er the the normal time , and I will adjourn now until two fifteen to have a chance to think about that .
12 The woman thought about this and after a moment looked up at Hari with venom in her eyes .
13 Nonetheless , implementation independence has had a powerful effect on AI thinking about metaphysical problems , and has been behind McCarthy 's insistence that AI must be defined as the study of intelligent mechanisms independent of their implementation in machines or brains , and hence to a general denial that AI is , in any strong sense , about machines .
14 As the bath is the largest piece of furniture in the room , it makes sense to think about this first .
15 Those who contemplated a new war thought about it in much the same way as a later generation thought about nuclear war : most of Peter Watkin 's film The War Game could have been made in the 1930s .
16 One possibility would be that the children lacked the ability to think about epistemic states , such as knowing , thinking and believing .
17 As the New World Order think about new uses for the SDI ‘ star wars ’ technology ( in particular the X-ray gun satellite that can evaporate caravans heading north up the A9 ) , some familiar names have been busy .
18 ‘ No , Jaq , that is not the way to think about this .
19 My mother thought about this for a moment until comprehension came to her , whereupon she changed the subject out of deference to my youth and inexperience .
20 We leave the reader to think about this until we reach Section 1.11 .
21 But there was no time to think about that .
22 No child will gain pleasure or motivation from a chart if a parent is half-hearted in giving out a sticker or says , ‘ I have n't got time to think about that now ’ .
23 She took time to think about that , then lifted the telephone .
24 And we have a lot of time to think about this and discuss it .
25 Reflector : ‘ I 'd like time to think about this
26 I must have time to think about this . "
27 The laibon has had plenty of time to think about this ugly incident .
28 It gives them time to think about this information before they tackle the listening task .
29 If it is n't , say , ‘ I would like a little time to think about this , I need to get some facts and figures , I 'm sure you would n't wish me to give you incorrect information .
30 I have finished my letter and sit staring down through the orchard thinking about those who have occupied the slit trenches since 6th June : Taff , the mortar team , the others who have gone and have been replaced by new faces .
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