Example sentences of "[not/n't] think [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people prefer to think of blue or golden light ; others may not think of a colour at all but just feel they are centred within a sphere . |
| 2 | After citing passages from Amand 's case Sir John Donaldson M.R. , with whose judgment Kerr and Lloyd L.JJ. agreed , observed , at p. 977 , that he could not think of a case in which the order appealed from arose more clearly in a criminal cause or matter . |
| 3 | Those who make a mistake , or can not think of a word beginning with their letter , drop out . |
| 4 | Back at his hotel , packing for his return to London , John wondered how to fit this large acquisition into his luggage , could not think of a way , decided that he did not want a souvenir of the trip anyway because of his gloom about the impending ballet , so tore it up and threw it in the wastepaper basket . |
| 5 | I can not think of a recipe for diminution of standards that is more likely to succeed . |
| 6 | Until she met Rainald she could not think of a future , with or without fitzAlan . |
| 7 | We are starting with the press that the need for a National Airport 's policy I can not think of a number , a major or even a concentrate all these airfields and resources in one region . |
| 8 | For twenty minutes and more I could not think of a thing to write . |
| 9 | At first he sat looking at his feet , and she could not think of a thing to say . |
| 10 | I do not think for a moment that the Letter of Aristeas should be taken as a Festal Scroll , something like the Book of Esther , to be read in the Alexandrian synagogues every year on the day on which ( as we know from Philo ) the Alexandrian Jews commemorated the translation ( De vita Mosis 2.41 ) . |
| 11 | Microsoft Corp announced that its chief financial officer and executive vice-president of worldwide operations Frank Gaudette , 57 , died early on Friday after an eight-month fight with lymphatic cancer ; the Redmond company says that it has not thought about a successor . |
| 12 | As the Tabor primary schoolchildren were making their way to their classes , it was hard not to think of a scene from 1950s Britain , the children all in their uniforms and carrying satchels . |
| 13 | I remember experiencing a feeling of tremendous excitement , not thinking for a moment of the implications of war , of bombing , of deaths , of families parted from their sons , husbands and brothers . |
| 14 | Do n't think for a minute I 'm jealous . |
| 15 | Naturally I did n't think for a minute that my life and spirit could stimulate her . |
| 16 | I do n't think for a minute that I can work them out in movies . |
| 17 | I do n't think for a minute we 'll have to . ’ |
| 18 | I did n't think for a minute that if we ever met again you would so bitterly slap it back in my face with no regard for my feelings . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ When I got back and found your note I did n't think for a minute that it was because you thought I was the father of the child . |
| 20 | It 's a frustrating affair though — do n't think for a second that you can breeze through this game ; think yourself lucky if you get past the first few levels ! |
| 21 | But do n't think for a moment that I 'm duped by my own little lies . ’ |
| 22 | I 'd love to help her , and I know every one of us would ; but I do n't think for a moment that Miss Miggs would let us pay her fare , even if we could raise so much money . ’ |
| 23 | And I do n't think for a moment that I 'm alone in feeling this way . |
| 24 | Do n't think for a moment that the women are all on the creative side of the business . |
| 25 | And the salad stuff and fresh fruit and all that sort of thing , takes about the full length of our bar up you know , you , you could n't think of a salad that is n't there . |
| 26 | You know er I ca n't think of a work we 've done now but er |
| 27 | But I ca n't think of a way to power an engine aboard ship which does n't require fire and water . |
| 28 | I wish I could find out about R , for instance , but I ca n't think of a way to do it . |
| 29 | ‘ I ca n't think of a toast , ’ he said . |
| 30 | She could n't think of a lie quick enough . |