Example sentences of "[verb] think [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wonder if Daedalus , or anyone else for that matter , has thought about the annoying glare given off by those ubiquitous orange sodium street lamps . |
| 2 | He has thought of a new title : Loot … ’ |
| 3 | As we were walking to the next hole I tried to think of the right things to say to him , so I said , ‘ Greg , do me a favour . |
| 4 | He tried to think of the worst that could happen . |
| 5 | I tried to think of the worst thing that Quigley had done . |
| 6 | She tried to think of the simplest way of conveying this . |
| 7 | Music permissions letters going out today : Rob needs to think about the choral music for York Minster ( maybe the contact at the Minster can help ? ) and ‘ The Ride of the Valkyrie ’ — any further details ? |
| 8 | In any garden one has to think of the practical as well as the more decorative elements and so a shed and compost area were included . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been thinking of you — — far more ’ , he wrote , ‘ than I had ever expected to think of a young man — but then I 've got to know you so well , I really miss you very much . ’ |
| 10 | To a certain extent the pamphlet states the obvious , but it does at least focus thinking in a formal manner to the issue of 1992 . |
| 11 | I had n't been any great shakes at boxing , but I 'd thought as a young man that I might be . |
| 12 | He strove to think on a different plane of reason and insight . |
| 13 | ‘ That should give you time to think of a plausible excuse ! ’ she said bitterly . |
| 14 | As she stood in the hall , the recollection of the high-pitched voice seemed almost eerie to Mrs Blakey ; so did the fact that she had n't bothered to think about the call-box signal . |
| 15 | I 've even got to think of a few of the regulars as friends over the years . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Well , ’ said Esther , changing tack abruptly , as was her way , ‘ what do we think we are going to think of the 1980s ? |
| 17 | As you gain experience and begin to think about a first cross-country , local soaring provides a golden opportunity to check the compass for large errors and to get some practice at turning on to definite headings . |
| 18 | Just as certain behavioural habits develop , such as vomiting after every meal , so women with bulimia can develop habitual thoughts and begin to think in a bulimic way . |
| 19 | The intention behind these structures was to focus thinking on the overall co-ordination and control of the activities and resources of the authority . |
| 20 | A cat dashed over my feet at one point and I began to think about the disembodied hand in the film . |
| 21 | There was still the nag of his eye , like a dulled toothache ; but he began to think in a whole new light . |
| 22 | Instead of calling their Guider something quite different from Brown Owl when invited to think of a new name for her , the Pack had decided to change her name simply from Brown Owl to Brownie Owl . ’ |
| 23 | Nature reserves are widely appreciated and much admired , but do we ever stop to think of the behind-the-scenes management ? |
| 24 | The famous sequence where the heroine can not stop thinking about the blood-stained knife , and keeps overhearing the word ‘ knife ’ in her father 's newsagent 's shop , is also an unparalleled use of sound technique . |
| 25 | ‘ I remember thinking for a long time afterwards that it must have been Uncle Titch 's , ’ said William , and Preston stared at him in astonishment , shocked not so much by the thought of Uncle Titch and Mary Moxton in carnal embrace as by this sudden insight into William 's dark imaginings . |
| 26 | I remember thinking of the 121st Psalm as we looked longingly towards the hills — ‘ I will lift up my eyes … ’ |
| 27 | But the two communications from " Ella , typelifter " in 1886 do sound authentic and throw a little light on what women may have thought about the central issues here : their being employed as cheap labour and the question of skill . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't think you could have thought of a better way of rewarding her , she seems such an independent little thing . ‘ |
| 29 | I wonder what she would have thought of a Labour Government . |
| 30 | Pete gave another look over the Princess , and wondered what Ted would have thought of the berthing arrangements had he been here to see them . |