Example sentences of "[vb infin] of [pron] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a lot of tooth-sucking for a while as he tried to get me to say more and that was almost funny , given that it was the tooth-sucking that made me think of it in the first place , suddenly thinking . |
| 2 | This is because one or other must be better , and pride can not allow executives to settle for the second best — so why think of it in the first place ? |
| 3 | Thy even asked how those outside the group felt and I answered that since I could not even think of anyone in the Church who contributed nothing I could not possibly answer the question . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't know how you can even speak of her in the same breath . ’ |
| 5 | The idea is that you do n't dispose of it in the drains where it can contaminate . |