Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [adv] [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I may not approve of the theology , ’ Laura perused a Caravaggio , which pictured Elvis as one of the three kings offering gifts to the infant Jesus ; Elvis was offering a tiny guitar , ‘ but the quality , the sheer magnificence . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh no ! ’ she said in fright , ‘ no — I mean , I must n't think of it , I should go back , I was very wrong to walk on your land — ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I should not dream of putting myself forward in any way at all , ’ said Dian Cecht . |
| 4 | Some I suppose ; some that I should n't dream of saying ; that even I should consider ‘ shockingly vulgar ’ . |
| 5 | " Oh , I should n't think of it , if I was you , " Dada was pleased : forbidding a dangerous toy to a child , " you 'll smell too awful tonight . " |
| 6 | ‘ You may be sure , ’ said Jared Tunstall , ‘ that if ever I do go bankrupt I should certainly die of grief , or of mortification at such a turn . |
| 7 | But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground , and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place ; I should hardly think of the answer which I had before given , that for anything I knew , the watch might have always been there . |
| 8 | ‘ If I have to listen to that dreadful Melissa for another hour , I might just die of boredom . |
| 9 | Given time , I might even think of more felicities , Sandy ! ’ |
| 10 | But if I were Ben Hogan , and a Bob Hamilton or Willie Goggin chipped in to beat me in The Masters , a Walter Burkemo holed a sand shot to swipe the PGA , a raw rookie — pick one — holed a 7-iron to beat me somewhere in Florida and then the like of a Bud Holscher or a Shelley Mayfield holed yet another sand shot to steal yet another victory , then I 'd not only be scouring the Fort Worth Yellow Pages looking for the nearest shrink , I might even think of tossing myself under a freight train in the nearest marshalling yard . |
| 11 | Counselling was a completely new world to me and although in the past it had been suggested that to combat my periods of depression I might well think of having psychoanalysis , I am now glad I resisted . |
| 12 | I 'll just think of myself and humanity can go and stew for all I care . |
| 13 | Although , ’ she dared to confess , ‘ I 'll probably think of more when I 've digested what you 've told me . ’ |
| 14 | Erm but I 'll probably think of something later on . |
| 15 | Yeah , I 'll probably think of someone who 's got a burner . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll always think of him as a friend , ’ she thought . |
| 17 | — you were always a gentleman while you were at Kirkcaldy and that 's how I 'll always think of you , regardless of where you are in the future . |
| 18 | ’ I could n't think of anything else to say . |
| 19 | If there was , I could n't think of it . |
| 20 | When it was my turn I could n't think of anything to say . |
| 21 | But … but I could n't think of anything else to say . |
| 22 | I could n't think of an answer to that , but was astounded by her perception . |
| 23 | ( 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 ’ . ) |
| 24 | Putting his arm around his wife 's shoulder , he added : ‘ When I came down the drive to see you I could n't think of a good reason to give you for splitting up . |
| 25 | And I could n't think of anywhere else . |
| 26 | I could n't think of any situation in which Flora could be jealous of me . |
| 27 | Of course , by that evening I could n't think of anything else and it set up a pattern of repetition which I followed once I went back to London . |
| 28 | ‘ I want to have a full career here and I could n't think of a better way to do that . |
| 29 | But I could n't think of any other excuse |
| 30 | I could n't think of any suitable advice at the time . |