Example sentences of "[vb infin] think of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teachers will need to think of new ways to plan timetables . |
| 2 | You should 've thought of that , ’ said the foreman . |
| 3 | I mean , she 's told you about her three children but er I suppose she should 've thought of that , should n't she , before she signed on ? |
| 4 | Rufus was not squeamish , he had not been one of those medical students who become nauseous at their first sight of surgery , but , curiously enough he did not much like to think of all those odd little bones , so alien to him , so unidentifiable , being dug up and sorted out and sifted through in case there should be a human fibula among them or a vertebra . |
| 5 | Most of us would like to think of growing old gracefully , enjoying the years of retirement , surrounded by family and friends … but as we get older , it becomes more and more difficult to get about and meet others . |
| 6 | And you 'll keep thinking of extra little bits he ah there 's another bit can go in there . |
| 7 | But to resist ecstasy : who would have thought of such a thing ? |
| 8 | ‘ Well , we 're all together still , are n't we ? ’ said Cliff 's brother Steve , with some asperity : he could have thought of better ways of spending the evening , given the choice . |
| 9 | We could all have thought of suitable answers to that one , but the rigid framework in which we lived dictated that we button up our lips , bite our tongues and suffer in silence . |
| 10 | Should have thought of that before . |
| 11 | He said , ‘ Shall I get a bottle of wine ? ’ and Val said , disagreeably and truthfully , ‘ You should have thought of that some time back ; it 'll all go cold . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ He should have thought of that earlier . ’ |
| 13 | The teacher and Derek both sighed with relief and the kid just looked amazed , as if he was thinking , ‘ What 's he saying , I would n't have thought of that ! ’ |
| 14 | Ole should have thought of that but he 's too feeble for executive commands . |
| 15 | … who would have thought of that ? |
| 16 | Hardy should have thought of that and found them some more suitable conveyance . |
| 17 | Louise : You should have thought of that before you started fooling around . |
| 18 | He should have thought of that risk ; he wondered if Sims had thought of it . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I should have thought of that . |
| 20 | I should have thought of that . |
| 21 | Sorry — I should have thought of that before . ’ |
| 22 | There 's always innovations in the rose world … the latest is putting them in hanging baskets … who knows what Christopher Columbus would have thought of that . |
| 23 | they 'd have thought of that ! |
| 24 | Well I would never have thought of that . |
| 25 | You know , breathe that smells of moth balls , I mean who would have thought of that . |
| 26 | So 1799 was a signal year for W. C. T. in more ways than one : he was now a respectable businessman with a respectable wife , and a Freeman of the City to boot — what can they have thought of all that back in Pig Street , Frome ? |
| 27 | It is common sense once you see the solution but it is unlikely that you would have thought of all of them a priori . |
| 28 | ‘ I doubt if you could have thought of any I did n't deserve . |
| 29 | A man 's voice replied , ‘ Elizabeth , dearest Elizabeth , you must have thought of these things fully as much as I ! |
| 30 | I would have thought someone of Mr Vivian 's experience would have thought of this . |