Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in this instance , he is only too aware of the kind of judgements I may make about him as a child reader , and tailors his reply accordingly . |
| 2 | Can you think about it for a minute . |
| 3 | So er she says well you can think about it for a fortnight er you see her daddy put out discos altogether because of the lies but she cos she gets nervous because when she 's telling a lie to you she 'll go red |
| 4 | She had dressed her hair daringly with ivory combs , sweeping it straight back from her face to emphasize her high cheekbones , then letting it fall behind her in a dark torrent that contrasted sharply with the pale silk of her gown . |
| 5 | All AE 's immediately turned to stare at one of their number a poker-faced young man , who described any client who would n't buy from him as a " cunt " even scribbling comments to that effect on the client record cards . |
| 6 | Christine let him stew in it for a few moments . |
| 7 | ‘ You did n't jump on us like a friend , ’ Allen objected . |
| 8 | ‘ She says she can think of me as a husband seven years after Troy 's disappearance . ’ |
| 9 | He does n't even think of me as a woman . ’ |
| 10 | Her friends did not think of her as a drunk and Rachel would be truly shocked if she knew about the long nights of insomnia and secret alcohol . |
| 11 | You did n't think of her as a girl somehow . |
| 12 | Since her marriage there had been no communication with her former employer , not even at Christmas , and she could never think of her as a sister-in-law . |
| 13 | Biggs is of the opinion that Mason would be unlikely to survive more than a couple of rounds against the world heavyweight champion and at this stage it would be unwise to even think of him as a genuine contender . |
| 14 | They do not think of him as a sacrifice offered to God . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll always think of him as a friend , ’ she thought . |
| 16 | I would n't even think of it for a minute if it was n't best for everybody . |
| 17 | ‘ You can think of it with a fire going and a light burning , , Jean said . |
| 18 | A further defence came from Tony Swift , chairman of the International Federation rules committee : ‘ We do n't think of it as a woman up there — as far as we are concerned it is a person , ’ he said . |
| 19 | But he did not think of it as a cosmic event which must somehow change the whole of human thought , altering philosophy and theology and closing the mouths of poets ; such a view seemed to him superstitious , a denial of ordinary scholarship and ordinary hard-thinking rationality . |
| 20 | I do not think of it as a quest in the normal sense but as a drowning or shipwreck in the infinite . |
| 21 | Instead of thinking of society as made up of simple parts , we must think of it as a collection of wholes which together make up one ‘ complex whole ’ . |
| 22 | Do n't think of it as a cage ; it 's your home , so learn to love it . " |
| 23 | ‘ Besides , it comes with a condition attached , so do n't think of it as a gift . ’ |
| 24 | It includes 28 fonts and you can think of it as a sort of ATM that does work with FX80 ( and other ) printers and WordPerfect 5.1 . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , I do n't think of it as a crusade , more a cleansing operation . |
| 26 | You can think of it as a genetic ruler . |
| 27 | If you could cut out the sound track of shells and sniper fire , ignore the gaping holes in the beautiful buildings and the lack of water and electricity , and did n't notice the rubbish in the streets , you would think of it as a normal city . ’ |
| 28 | But do n't think of it as a miniature . |
| 29 | Now , if there 's nothing more I can do for you for a while , I 'll leave you to rest . ’ |
| 30 | That helps the audience feel involved but what does it do for you as a presenter ? |