Example sentences of "[not/n't] think of a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed a rather broad question , and one for which Lord John could not think of a specific answer . |
| 2 | Nutty could not think of a good answer and nor could Mr Sylvester , so Nails was allowed to come . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | On the way home , she found that she wanted to cry again and could not think of a possible reason why she should . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 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 | He admired a point which Stead had made about Polynesians and Christianity , but worried that he could not think of a Christian anthropologist . |
| 10 | Erm a new factory going into the area for example will have a choice between one of Selby 's erm ca n't think of a suitable adjective , large requirement for industrial land , or it will go into the new settlement . |
| 11 | ‘ And I only found out this morning from Dr Greene what a … a … | ’ she could n't think of a suitable word and said finally , ‘ … celebrated painter you are . ’ |
| 12 | Maggie could n't think of a suitable reply to that . |
| 13 | I could n't think of a nice fellow to give it to . |
| 14 | I could n't think of a nice fellow to give it to . |
| 15 | Putting his arm around his wife 's shoulder , he added : ‘ When I came down the drive to see you I could n't think of a good reason to give you for splitting up . |
| 16 | I could n't think of a good reason why not so I ushered him towards the stairs and told him I lived in Flat 3 . |
| 17 | I mean , we do make all sorts of allowances with exams you know , people repeat words and th and they can leave words out and they ca n't think of a eloquent way of expressing that something at the spur of the moment so it 's |
| 18 | I ca n't think of a single occasion in which this might come in handy . |
| 19 | I could n't think of a single thing to say , but dimly realized that I now had my role for the evening ; I had done nothing to bring this off ; but I was to be the identifiable face of the campaign . |
| 20 | ‘ Since you ask me sir I ca n't think of a single reason — oh except … my voice is trained . ’ |