Example sentences of "[verb] of [pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | A tiny minority of landowners lived in enormous wealth and comfort , exacting feudal dues and enforced labour from farmers who had in effect become their tied peasants : these landowners still engaged in the grain trade as their families had done for generations , and as if they could think of nothing else to do . |
2 | Nor is it simply looking at them with no further end in mind , which might be the listless action of someone who can think of nothing else to do . |
3 | Marie could think of nothing else to say . |
4 | She could think of nothing else to say . |
5 | She must think of something else to do . |
6 | ( In all honesty I did n't really think that she would want to flick elastic bands but I could n't think of what else to rhyme with ‘ hands ’ . ) |
7 | Ca n't you think of anything else to ask me ? ’ he appealed . |
8 | ’ I could n't think of anything else to say . |
9 | He could n't think of anything else to say , so he made as if to kiss her a third time . |
10 | Mariana did n't look up so the smile Trent gave her was a waste of time and he could n't think of anything else to say , or nothing that would make any difference . |
11 | But … but I could n't think of anything else to say . |
12 | He turned round and disappeared into his house before anyone could think of anything else to say . |
13 | ‘ People always say that , ’ she said , ‘ when they ca n't think of anything else to say . |
14 | He could n't quite believe the way things appeared to be going , and could n't think of anything else to say . |
15 | He could n't think of anything else to say . |
16 | He could n't think of anything else to say . |
17 | I could n't think of anything else to do except get out . |
18 | I 'll change if I can think of anything else to do , but I ca n't . |
19 | Even if you can not think of anything else to write , sit there — something might come . |
20 | ‘ That 's probably just as well , ’ Terry giggled , ‘ because he probably ca n't think of anything else to tell you . ’ |
21 | I ca n't think of anything else to get her . ’ |
22 | Nor would it have been possible to ask , nor even to rely on any information which might have been forthcoming , since Amabel , who always retired to bed for the duration of her own " monthly curse " had said nothing more to the point than , " Darling , I must beg of you never to speak of this to anyone , when Gemma at the age of fourteen had first seen evidence of hers . |
23 | Hearing that the young man was the only son of a gentleman of wealth , the money-lender begged of him never to hesitate in coming to him again whenever he stood in need of a ‘ friend ’ . |
24 | Er I ca n't really find , think of anything else to say only that it was thrift because mother was thrifty . |
25 | Rostov tried to think of something else to say , but suddenly it was as if his brain had dried up . |
26 | What so you 've got to think of something now to say ? |
27 | He stood there , hands thrust into the pockets of his robe , quite calm , and Carter , unable to think of anything else to say , stepped into the corridor and went after Munro . |
28 | Unable to think of anything else to say , she felt guiltily relieved when the blonde got up to go . |
29 | Unable to think of anything else to do , I suggested to Eileen that we tried regressing her to her childhood . |