Example sentences of "help think " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may help to think of each of these markets as being located on its own island . |
| 2 | When I was told that I 'd have to share a kitchen and bathroom with strangers I could n't help thinking how this would astound the people at home , how they would snort with laughter at the idea that this could really happen in England , mother of civilization . |
| 3 | As we said our goodbyes and hoped to meet up again soon , I could n't help thinking as I watched the column disappear in the distance that the Marines were not going to find the situation any easier than their last venue . |
| 4 | As I looked at the faces marching past with a smart eyes right , I could n't help thinking of those who would have liked to have been on this parade ; those still manning the trenches , and all those buried in a shallow grave in the orchards around the village . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't want to stand in your way , that 's why I said nothing but I ca n't help thinking it is closer to your measure . ’ |
| 6 | I ca n't help thinking things will only get worse when I have the baby . |
| 7 | As I rode out of town , past the railway station and its ‘ Welcome to Prestatyn ’ message , to alighting holidaymakers , I could not help thinking that they certainly were . |
| 8 | I ca n't help thinking about the past . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I do not wish to be hard upon poor people in great affliction ; but I can not help thinking that they have been doing for hundreds of years past something very like what the Bible calls ‘ tempting God' ’ — staking their property and their lives upon the chances or no earthquakes coming , while they ought to have known that an earthquake might come an day . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It is a foolish idea , but one can not help thinking that the mortal remains can still feel when the immortal soul is gone . |
| 11 | You ca n't help thinking that Emo Philips has been a bit unlucky . |
| 12 | When I walk amongst them , one can not well help thinking he is in North American thickets , there are such quantities . |
| 13 | With the opening of the Channel Tunnel becoming a reality , and hopefully leading to a rise in rail traffic , one can not help thinking that had the magnificiently engineered GCR survived the troubled 1960's this would have been the chosen route for this traffic . |
| 14 | Life as seen from the platform at Paddington is most varied and one can not help thinking that an official who spends most of his time there must gain a vast knowledge of human nature … |
| 15 | I could n't help thinking that he must have made a mistake . |
| 16 | He was a handsome man , with neat geometrical features , but it was this mysterious blemish which , I could n't help thinking , was the secret of his success with women . |
| 17 | Kenny could n't help thinking of his father on the cart . |
| 18 | When he heard , Liam could n't help thinking he was lucky . |
| 19 | ‘ As I looked at the magnificent vehicle I could not help thinking of the historical ‘ Experiment ’ of the Stockton and Darlington Railway , or of the Exhibition excursions of 1851 , when the GW nailed rough boards across their permanent way trucks at Didcot to accommodate their third class passengers ! |
| 20 | For young autograph hunters , it no doubt makes a change from ‘ Best Wishes ’ but one ca n't help thinking that this is rather like Mr Oliver Reed , the thirsty boulevardier , signing off ‘ Sobriety , Oliver Reed ’ . |
| 21 | He could n't help thinking of his radios , the way they warmed up , that slow suffusion of light behind the names . |
| 22 | His friends tried to console hi , but he could n't help thinking about the £9,300 percentage that would have been his had he been carrying the bag on the day . |
| 23 | This means that each job is learned completely and thoroughly , but I could n't help thinking that a few musicians and/or luthiers at strategic points around the factory would n't go amiss — groundworkers who actually understand how a guitar works and who could spot problems from the playing perspective , rather than just the engineering view . |
| 24 | However , I could n't help thinking that there was n't enough attention paid to the more natural types , the emphasis being instead on sharp or heavily mid-biased sounds . |
| 25 | This strange happening in her own family must , one can not help thinking , have influenced her future plot construction quite as much as her reading of Wilkie Collins . |
| 26 | It 's such a dangerous sort of life that one ca n't help thinking about it a bit . |
| 27 | Excellent as he was in GoodFellas , you could n't help thinking that the understated menace required for the role came to him like second nature . |
| 28 | Personally I ca n't help thinking that we might be better off waving goodbye to these Sacred Brides and Divine Mothers and starting over with women and mums . |
| 29 | I ca n't help thinking that a lot of it was because he felt trapped . |
| 30 | Although , as for this last speculation , Harriet could not help thinking that if Liza was still as distressed as she had been at home , she would have been even more likely to let her mother know , for she had never before been one to suffer in silence . |