Example sentences of "think [prep] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She prayed they would not think of looking under the bed . |
| 2 | ‘ Church people were all too often narrow-minded , censorious , judgemental , intolerant , conventional … so the people for whom the world was too harsh would never think of turning to the Church … |
| 3 | Justifying the railway deficit in 1980 , for example , the chairman maintained that ‘ no one would think of talking of the deficit of the armed forces or of the fact that our state educational establishments show a deficit … ’ |
| 4 | I dare say a good many rabbits would have kept quiet and thought about keeping on the right side of the Chief , but I 'm afraid I 'm not much good at that . |
| 5 | Penwith and Kerrier hundreds were obviously poorer than the eastern parts of the shire ; a high proportion of men were taxed on wages who had not been thought worth mentioning in the earlier survey , many of them poor immigrants variously described as tinners or labourers . |
| 6 | Mr Engholm had thought of resigning after the Social Democrats ' battering at local elections in Hesse last March . |
| 7 | Ever thought of going on the stage ? ’ |
| 8 | The girl spent a long time wondering whether she could pluck up courage to mention she 'd thought of going to the Swimming Gala if her mother really felt there was nothing she could do . |
| 9 | Oh , yes ? ' ) asking him whether he had ever thought of going round the world in 80 days . |
| 10 | Have you thought of applying for the police force ? ’ |
| 11 | She thought about moving from the corner . |
| 12 | Well you always thought about going to the Beefeater a bu really I suppose it might be better to go today than tomorrow . |
| 13 | Mrs Clark said : ‘ We thought about standing in the way of these bulldozers but the bees were a better idea . ’ |
| 14 | Quiss felt his eyes start to smart in the fume-laden atmosphere , and as he peered through the grey , yellow and brown clouds of rising steam and smoke , thought of suggesting to the seneschal — if he ever found him — that he somehow persuade the scullions powering these airwheels that they should run rather than walk . |
| 15 | Why he or the Queen never thought of searching for the King is a mystery . ’ |
| 16 | She thought of looking at the doctor and indicating that he should interfere and stop it ; but she did not . |
| 17 | None of them thought of looking at the ricks . |
| 18 | At first he thought of resigning from the jury but then decided not to do so . |
| 19 | Waiting for him , she thought of getting into the big bed . |
| 20 | For a moment she thought of staggering to the window again to throw the soup out , but decided against it . |
| 21 | Then I thought of going across the road and throwing them in a skip — except that this would look very peculiar . |
| 22 | Perhaps she thought of turning on the car lights , but decided not to ; it would waste time , and it would n't be much use because the car was angled away from the fire escape . |
| 23 | I seriously thought of crawling through the smoke to the door . |
| 24 | She thought of crawling beneath the vehicle 's metal-plated skirt , but one faceful of exhaust-heated mud was enough to discourage her . |
| 25 | And Neville , through Widgery and the Italian journalist Angelo Quattrochi had realized that the time was apparently right to think about fighting in the streets . |
| 26 | Then you got ta er , think about getting to the post office |
| 27 | Think of moving from the hips . |
| 28 | think of looking at the date , I knew the dates twenty fourth to the twenty seventh , I never , I never thought to look , but er |
| 29 | Think think of think of the brackets , right . |
| 30 | Think of lengthening between the navel and the upper part of the chest ( for depression ) . |