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Example sentences of "[vb mod] not think [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Nutty could not think of a good answer and nor could Mr Sylvester , so Nails was allowed to come .
2	On the way home , she found that she wanted to cry again and could not think of a possible reason why she should .
3	It seemed a rather broad question , and one for which Lord John could not think of a specific answer .
4	He admired a point which Stead had made about Polynesians and Christianity , but worried that he could not think of a Christian anthropologist .
5	He could not think of a single convincing excuse that would get him out of the house .
6	Isabel could not think of a single thing to say .
7	I could not think of a single thing that Quigley had ever done for me .
8	The Gallup survey , commissioned by the Daily Telegraph , also found that more than a third could not think of a single thing about Britain of which to be proud .
9	‘ I am anxious that you should stay here until I return and I can not think of a better way of making sure you do than by putting you in charge of my property , ’ he explained .
10	I note in passing , however , that , when it comes to squandering the nation 's money , I can not think of a better example than the enormous amounts squandered by the Government in setting up the machinery for the administration of the poll tax , which is now to be totally unwound .
11	Any team which can not think of a new rhyme , or repeats one that has been chosen earlier , drops out until only one team is left .
12	As a nurse I can not think of a healthier diet to follow and can see no disadvantages in it .
13	Among grasses , I can not think of a single one that is not lovely .
14	Now I can not think of a single occasion over the years , my adulthood when I have been going to theatre arts events of any kind when I 've actually gone out and bought anything as a result of sponsorship of a programme I 've been looking at .