Example sentences of "[modal v] think [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To which I reply , ‘ All right , let's think of the circumstances in which you might wish to say ‘ I 'm happy ’ in the most general sense , without limitation to any implied purpose or situation … ’ |
| 2 | Also I remember a very , very early meeting when somebody said , ‘ Let's think of the reasons why we are glad to be gay , ’ and I thought , ‘ Rubbish , there are n't any , what nonsense . ’ |
| 3 | But he soon became the keenest and most enlightened Italian expounder of the Council , and wrote a pastoral letter for Lent 1962 , Pensiamo al Concilio ( Let's think about the Council ) , that learnedly explains to the Milanese what is going to happen . |
| 4 | ‘ Let's think about the body , Inspector . |
| 5 | Let's think about the party . |
| 6 | Let's think about the trainee . |
| 7 | Let's think about the number of regions we have , the T & G have got seven , we 've got ten . |
| 8 | This is fact is a debate about personal freedom the freedom of our tenants to choose the quite legal activities that take place on their farms for whatever we may think about the merits and de-merits of angling or shooting fox hunting , these are activities that Parliament has decided are permissible . |
| 9 | We may think of the evaluation as having four foci : |
| 10 | This kind of decision fits the model of a ‘ weighing ’ of considerations ; we may think of the man as piling items pro and con on opposite sides of a balance and making his judgement after one side goes down . |
| 11 | Economists may think of the interests of nations in terms of wealth , and lawyers in terms of adherence to legal rules working to one 's advantage . |
| 12 | Whatever we may think of the future , we think of the past as having been in its time as determinate as the present now is . |
| 13 | Whatever one may think of the effectiveness of the Valleys Initiative , it has the powerful appeal of historic social justice , since it offers the people of these areas a taste of the quality of life that has been achieved elsewhere through the profits of our industrial past . |
| 14 | You must think about the time that you have available to spend with an animal . |
| 15 | " Well now , " she said in a brisk voice , " we must think of the future . |
| 16 | ‘ I must think of the future . |
| 17 | GUIL : Yes , one must think of the future . |
| 18 | Perhaps , however , we must think of the postman as having a seemingly well founded belief that he is delivering letters to real people . |
| 19 | I do n't eat much at lunch-time myself but we must think of the Captain here who 's doing all the work … perhaps a string or two of those wild boar sausages — do you think they 're local ? |
| 20 | But now , we must think of the clan . |
| 21 | ‘ Guides should be setting the example and I think we should think about the way we put adventure first . ’ |
| 22 | I do n't even think you should think about the music business when you start . |
| 23 | I 'll have a word with her when she 's awake , she 's still on a third dream I should think at the moment but she 's er , certainly good talking , I could , I could try and get her without her knowing about it and see what happens , just dinner time I 'll take it down and try it , oh you 're gon na take it round Steve 's ai n't you ? |
| 24 | Half nine it finishes so we 're supposed to be back by tennish I should think by the time we 're finished . |
| 25 | Mm it 'll be about five to half past when he leaves I should think by the time he 's cleared up . |
| 26 | And I 'll think about the shirt . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , we 'll think about the coronation tomorrow , ’ the King said . |
| 28 | I 'll think of the look I want — at the moment I like to look ‘ French' ; you know , sophisticated and Parisian — so I 'll lay everything out on the bed , plan what shoes , what make-up , hairstyle , earrings , the lot . |
| 29 | Whatever one might think about the virtues or otherwise of nuclear energy , clearly it is a viable source of base load electricity for the future . |
| 30 | Tolkien too might think of the Norse legend of the ‘ Undying Lands ’ , the Odáinsakr : when King Hadding reached its boundary the witch who guided him killed a cock and threw it over the wall — a moment later he heard the cock crow before he himself had to turn away and go back to mortality . |