Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let's think of something . |
| 2 | Right now , let's think of something a bit trickier . |
| 3 | Books and catalogues may contain criticism ; but their writers may think of themselves as art historians , philosophers , aestheticians , anthropologists , historians or biographers , and there are many other possibilities ; their books may never be identified as art criticism . |
| 4 | Whatever we may think of their evocative names , ‘ Queen Elizabeth ’ and ‘ Peace ’ are much too boisterous to be given room in genteel society . |
| 5 | The distinction between the two concepts , the commission of a crime and the production of a literary work , is a vital one , for although it is clearly desirable to deter crimes , it is not transparently obvious that we should seek to deter the production of literary works , whatever we may think of their intrinsic merits . |
| 6 | ‘ You may think of me as ‘ Theda ’ . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You may think of me what you will , ’ he said coldly . |
| 8 | Otis Ferguson was aware that the film depicted a ‘ phony strike ’ and that there was no real analysis of labour-management problems but he still felt that it had ‘ this air of life whatever we may think of its social content ’ . |
| 9 | Whatever one may think of its application to the particular case , there can be little doubt that Banfield has at the very least described in an ideal form a society in which thrift , enterprise , trust and cooperation are impossible , and therefore one in which political and economic development along liberal democratic and capitalist lines are grossly inhibited . |
| 10 | We may think of them as competing for various tenures . |
| 11 | I , of course , have to accept the decisions of the Court of Appeal as binding on me , whatever I or others may think of them . |
| 12 | In this sense his Habsburg and Bourbon portraits are not dissimilar to Jasper Johns ' American flag series , except of course that the flag , whatever individuals may think of it , is unquestionably American , the lineage is clear . |
| 13 | Now , after various newspaper disasters , it is being recognized that allegiance to a particular paper , whatever others may think of it , is not something people change lightly . |
| 14 | If I use the expression ‘ I have toothache ’ I may think of it as ‘ being used naturally ’ or otherwise , but it would be wrong to say that I had a reason for thinking either . |
| 15 | Rather , to adopt the method involves accepting that there is a ‘ reality ’ , which is as it is independently of what anyone may think of it , but which suitably organized inquiry is fated to discover eventually ; around the early 1870s Peirce speaks of reality as the final cause of inquiry . |
| 16 | Whatever you may think of us , Caroline , we are not children . ’ |
| 17 | Whatever we may make of its influences , Leonard is clear that he ‘ never recovered ’ from its dénouements ; its ‘ illumination of human behaviour ’ ; its horror ( which he termed ‘ metaphorical ’ ) . |
| 18 | The requirement of knowledge in paragraph ( c ) is clearly of ‘ actual ’ rather than of constructive knowledge , though a person who ought to know of his animal 's vicious characteristics may , of course , still be liable for negligence . |
| 19 | 1p. 61 ) That is , they tend to move between a claim as to how we do in fact conceive of causation and a recommendation as to how we ought to conceive of it . |
| 20 | ( I miss out the word puking from this Shakespearean phrase since I know of few instances in which a baby has strained the cassock of the clergyman baptising it , though doubtless readers may know of one . ) |
| 21 | We ask that they may know of your daily provision of all kinds of needs , and especially for Rob 's studies , that he may be able to learn and think with Your mind at all times . |
| 22 | ‘ Possibly he may know of someone else who gives such lessons . ’ |
| 23 | You may know of someone who has already tried it and succeeded . |
| 24 | Nor did she dare to dwell on what James Halden must think of her . |
| 25 | ‘ You must think of her on the toilet , ’ Aline said , and giggled . |
| 26 | Worse was to imagine what Jonas must think of her now . |
| 27 | Coming here they say things like ‘ You must think of yourself , you have to say enough 's enough . ’ |
| 28 | You must think of yourself , of your young man . |
| 29 | He must think of himself . |
| 30 | She must think of something else to do . |