Example sentences of "thinking the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | you know I just keep thinking the stuff 's on the way round and there ought to be some way of doing it , but I , you know , I mean maybe Brian 's idea of the , the , the organizations in the ci ci but that does n't help me you know with a , with a |
| 2 | he 's , he 's thinking the law 's after him all the time |
| 3 | and the lack of training do you not feel that the government should put more money into the company to allow apprenticeship to take place rather than of thinking the company 's got ta foot the bill every time ? |
| 4 | I stayed on my knees , sitting back on my heels , head bowed , breathing as little as possible , staring at the protruding arrow , thinking the survival programme was too much . |
| 5 | Mr Wilkie got ten out of the 12 questions correct , and only got the other two wrong — the size of the £2,000 band and the increase in duty on unleaded petrol — by thinking the Chancellor would be even tougher than he turned out to be . |
| 6 | In the present climate of political thinking the Shropshire Metro has no chance of gestation . |
| 7 | Do n't forget to use a sunscreen on overcast days — clouds or a breeze can fool you into thinking the sun is weaker than it really is . |
| 8 | Oh I was thinking the colour of it ! |
| 9 | ‘ You thinking the way I am ? ’ |
| 10 | When you 've been around guys like Mr. B. awhile , you get to thinking the way they think . |
| 11 | So is the new strait-laced thinking the way forward ? |
| 12 | Cos if you 're thinking the way they carry the baby it 's an old woman 's tale I think , I never used to think |
| 13 | If the Mother Superior and the nun were thinking the child was odd , it was nothing to what Millie was thinking about them and her introduction to the school and its inmates . |
| 14 | ‘ I was thinking the lady looked a mite like my boy , ’ said the yeoman , slowly , unperturbably , like a dray-horse picking its way through a bog . |
| 15 | He even tried sneaking back to the library at night , thinking the Bookman might appear after dark , but had to stop this when he backed into Mr Crangle , who was up to the same thing . |
| 16 | Naturally the glorious weather was a talking point with the General : he might be forgiven for thinking the Micks were a bit blasé about the temperature and the change of scene from London ceremonial duties . |
| 17 | She pulled desperately , thinking the muscles in her arms would crack . |
| 18 | Gradually in this way an association will develop between the word ‘ calm ’ and the feelings of deep muscle relaxation in your body , so that eventually just closing your eyes and thinking the word ‘ calm ’ can induce these feelings . |
| 19 | And now each time you breathe out think the word ‘ calm ’ in your mind … each time you think the word calm so the body will relax a little more , become slightly more heavy and sink down deeper and deeper into the chair … and just go on now in silence for a minute or so thinking the word ‘ calm ’ and relaxing the body in preparation for the exercises of relaxation … ’ |
| 20 | After practising out loud the technique gradually shifts from speaking the thoughts to thinking them and shouting ‘ STOP ! ’ , then from there to thinking the thoughts and thinking the word ‘ STOP ! |
| 21 | Politicians must never make the mistake of thinking the state must always know best , or that it is entitled to the lion 's share of people 's money . |
| 22 | The little ones complain , thinking the money should be able to buy much more . |
| 23 | And it was a you know it was a great happiness and release to shed a million other activities and flying in all directions thinking the acting was n't enough and I was n't enough for acting . |
| 24 | I tried so hard to be good but a lot was expected of children in those days , and I often had nightmares thinking the man would know about me and would come and get me . |
| 25 | ‘ Otherwise , ’ they told their superiors last weekend , ‘ the people will be misled into thinking the bishops have withdrawn the letter . |
| 26 | They used bogus invoices to fool Lloyd 's into thinking the gems had been bought from the Indian company , said James Curtis , prosecuting . |
| 27 | Surely , I 'm not alone in thinking the defeatism/triumphalism overdone ? |
| 28 | After practising out loud the technique gradually shifts from speaking the thoughts to thinking them and shouting ‘ STOP ! ’ , then from there to thinking the thoughts and thinking the word ‘ STOP ! |
| 29 | He sat quietly , thinking the thoughts he could not while she was awake . |
| 30 | NINE out is today 's bulletin but do n't let that fool you into thinking the whole nine would be in if they were available . |