Example sentences of "[not/n't] think [prep] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He admired a point which Stead had made about Polynesians and Christianity , but worried that he could not think of a Christian anthropologist . |
| 2 | For twenty minutes and more I could not think of a thing to write . |
| 3 | But there is no question so difficult that Mr Kinnock can not think of a more difficult answer . |
| 4 | Back at his hotel , packing for his return to London , John wondered how to fit this large acquisition into his luggage , could not think of a way , decided that he did not want a souvenir of the trip anyway because of his gloom about the impending ballet , so tore it up and threw it in the wastepaper basket . |
| 5 | He could not think of a single convincing excuse that would get him out of the house . |
| 6 | Nutty could not think of a good answer and nor could Mr Sylvester , so Nails was allowed to come . |
| 7 | Some people prefer to think of blue or golden light ; others may not think of a colour at all but just feel they are centred within a sphere . |
| 8 | ‘ I am anxious that you should stay here until I return and I can not think of a better way of making sure you do than by putting you in charge of my property , ’ he explained . |
| 9 | Any team which can not think of a new rhyme , or repeats one that has been chosen earlier , drops out until only one team is left . |
| 10 | Those who make a mistake , or can not think of a word beginning with their letter , drop out . |
| 11 | Among grasses , I can not think of a single one that is not lovely . |
| 12 | As a nurse I can not think of a healthier diet to follow and can see no disadvantages in it . |
| 13 | It seemed a rather broad question , and one for which Lord John could not think of a specific answer . |
| 14 | After citing passages from Amand 's case Sir John Donaldson M.R. , with whose judgment Kerr and Lloyd L.JJ. agreed , observed , at p. 977 , that he could not think of a case in which the order appealed from arose more clearly in a criminal cause or matter . |
| 15 | At first he sat looking at his feet , and she could not think of a thing to say . |
| 16 | On the way home , she found that she wanted to cry again and could not think of a possible reason why she should . |
| 17 | Isabel could not think of a single thing to say . |
| 18 | Until she met Rainald she could not think of a future , with or without fitzAlan . |
| 19 | I note in passing , however , that , when it comes to squandering the nation 's money , I can not think of a better example than the enormous amounts squandered by the Government in setting up the machinery for the administration of the poll tax , which is now to be totally unwound . |
| 20 | I can not think of a more patsy , unquestioning system better designed to produce the cosy relationship about which the hon. Gentleman so frequently speaks . |
| 21 | I can not think of a recipe for diminution of standards that is more likely to succeed . |
| 22 | I could not think of a single thing that Quigley had ever done for me . |
| 23 | Now I can not think of a single occasion over the years , my adulthood when I have been going to theatre arts events of any kind when I 've actually gone out and bought anything as a result of sponsorship of a programme I 've been looking at . |
| 24 | We are starting with the press that the need for a National Airport 's policy I can not think of a number , a major or even a concentrate all these airfields and resources in one region . |
| 25 | The Gallup survey , commissioned by the Daily Telegraph , also found that more than a third could not think of a single thing about Britain of which to be proud . |
| 26 | I do not think for a moment that the Letter of Aristeas should be taken as a Festal Scroll , something like the Book of Esther , to be read in the Alexandrian synagogues every year on the day on which ( as we know from Philo ) the Alexandrian Jews commemorated the translation ( De vita Mosis 2.41 ) . |
| 27 | You do not think like a civilised man , although your behaviour has become civilised , and so he can not ascribe to your actions motives which are suspect — or not according to his understanding . ’ |
| 28 | Microsoft Corp announced that its chief financial officer and executive vice-president of worldwide operations Frank Gaudette , 57 , died early on Friday after an eight-month fight with lymphatic cancer ; the Redmond company says that it has not thought about a successor . |
| 29 | As the Tabor primary schoolchildren were making their way to their classes , it was hard not to think of a scene from 1950s Britain , the children all in their uniforms and carrying satchels . |
| 30 | If someone tells you not to think of a white bear , what happens ? |