Example sentences of "to think [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I start to think for some reason about the idea of being all right . |
| 2 | He had to think for several seconds before he came out with , " Moi , je suis Italien . " |
| 3 | Shelley , unable to think about much else , said , ‘ Miguel 's a great guy really , is n't he ? ’ |
| 4 | Every country has its own system for using frequencies , and they have to think about each other — radio waves , after all do not stop at national boundaries and without international collaboration there could be interference and general chaos . |
| 5 | The best recommendation Gandalf can make is not to think about such things . |
| 6 | I ca n't even begin to think about such a question |
| 7 | Students reading philosophy should be able to think about such questions in a clearer and more disciplined manner than was possible to them before . |
| 8 | Normally , you will have an opportunity to look over the machine and to sit in the cockpit beforehand to think about all the knobs and levers . |
| 9 | Brian tried to think about all those theories — so abstruse to him — which maintained that unloved children became unloving mothers , abused children turned into abusers of their own offspring . |
| 10 | I knew that he needed to be alone to think about all that he had heard . |
| 11 | Then I need to think about all the strangeness that happened to you as a child ; my firstborn son has already told me something of your life , and of the questions you have for me . ’ |
| 12 | But I do n't even want to think about that , because if I do I begin to hate everything . |
| 13 | But there was no time to think about that . |
| 14 | But Isobel did n't want to think about that . |
| 15 | I did not want to think about that yet . |
| 16 | If your child is ill , try to think about that separately from your other problems , and to deal with it as rationally as possible . |
| 17 | ‘ You do n't want to think about that now , ’ India-May told him . |
| 18 | No child will gain pleasure or motivation from a chart if a parent is half-hearted in giving out a sticker or says , ‘ I have n't got time to think about that now ’ . |
| 19 | It 's pretty hard to think about that when you 've just gone out of a Grand Slam event as early as that . |
| 20 | Aggie gathered up the letters from the table , returned them to the writing case , then rose heavily , saying , ‘ Time enough to think about that . |
| 21 | ‘ Have to think about that . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It 's a little late to think about that . ’ |
| 23 | She seemed to think about that for a moment — how sad it had been — and then started to laugh . |
| 24 | " Yes , " she said finally , " I suppose marriage is another way , but I do n't want to think about that for a while . " |
| 25 | Polly had to think about that . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't want to think about that , I do n't want to look at the actual scene , I 've got over it , have n't I ? … the way she died … and all that went before . |
| 27 | I think I 've suggested the problem now , and now I 'm going to leave the parties to think about would be a need for expansion , expansion involves built developm think I 'll under the circumstances I 'll give you er the the normal time , and I will adjourn now until two fifteen to have a chance to think about that . |
| 28 | Plus , of course , you might have time to get over to her and hit her , knock her out before she could even gather a decent breath , but it 's dangerous , edge-working stuff and you 'd rather not have to think about that . |
| 29 | I 'll have to think about that . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Try not to think about that . |