Example sentences of "think [prep] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In most cases when a game is acquired illegally , they would n't even think about buying the game if copying was impossible . |
| 2 | Arsenal 's slump since they took over the Premier League leadership on November 7 has been startling , but Graham admitted : ‘ I do n't even think about winning the title . |
| 3 | Perhaps the Prime Minister , in the few months left to him in that position , will think about visiting the Council of Europe Assembly so that we can determine whether the British Government actually envisage a role for the Council of Europe . |
| 4 | This has made farmers think about changing the amount of money they spend on the first two inputs , shown at X on the diagram . |
| 5 | And do n't think about putting the phone there . |
| 6 | Do n't think about putting the phone down will you ? |
| 7 | One should also think about approaching the specialist supplier . |
| 8 | I did think about emptying the pond this spring and coating the concrete with a rubber paint , but what about the plants . |
| 9 | I have tried everything I can think of to rectify the situation , but to no avail . |
| 10 | At some stage someone , either in the computer department , or in the user department , will think of using the computer to assist in the operation of their department . |
| 11 | I wonder why Ranteallo did n't think of financing the funeral with them ! " |
| 12 | ‘ We did everything that we could think of to get the name Balbirnie flying up there , ’ Brown says . |
| 13 | I did n't even think of asking the Factory about it ; he 'd be here . |
| 14 | ‘ It was obviously the best way we could think of to catch the attention of the world , ’ said Bill Stokkan , CART 's chairman and chief executive . |
| 15 | We must think of restoring the animal heat which has been lost and we must consider means of counter-irritating the disease … |
| 16 | To cope with a very steep bank , particularly if overhanging trees make a pitch shot impossible , do think of running the ball straight at the bank . |
| 17 | Similarly , if your office has a suspended ceiling , you may think of running the cable up there , rather than under the carpet . |
| 18 | Did you ever think of suing the firm for the stress problems that you 'd been caused . |
| 19 | Sophie shook the collar of her blouse to make a little breeze , but did n't think of opening the window . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've never thought about taking the piss out of fashion , ’ frowns Alex earnestly , ‘ but there is a certain irony that we have done , in retrospect . |
| 21 | A door leads to them , and I 've often thought about taking the door off . |
| 22 | He says some friends thought about cutting the car in two and putting it back together . |
| 23 | Palmer now thought about testing the idea , and this brought him back to his original thoughts about the helium . |
| 24 | We both had thought about having the baby . |
| 25 | It is likely that he will still need the list of solicitors but , by not immediately closing the interview , the adviser may have explored issues which are important , which John may not have thought worth telling the solicitor . |
| 26 | Isabel wondered why she had n't thought of using the laundry gate herself , before she realised that it would have been kept locked . |
| 27 | ‘ I had never , ever thought of leaving the profession until I was approached by a firm of headhunters in October 1991 . |
| 28 | When he had learnt that Miss Alicia Lockwood , whom he considered one of the most charming and fascinating old dears he had ever met , had been mad enough to leave him half her beautiful and fantastic house , for one wild and quixotic moment Matthew had thought of refusing the legacy . |
| 29 | Only the canny Mr Genscher , who knew the East Germans ' minds , could have thought of letting the regime save face by ‘ expelling ’ their own people across their own territory . |
| 30 | Now that she 's 22 I wondered whether she had thought of fleeing the family nest and finding her own place . |