Example sentences of "think of [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But do n't even think of trying anything against him . |
| 2 | What do you think of launching it with pictures of Deneuve ? ’ |
| 3 | I mean I might think of doing something like that , but I 'd never actually dare to do it … |
| 4 | It was ridiculous that he should think of lowering himself through the floor of the carriage , that he should contemplate hanging for moments or minutes beneath the train , that he should consider allowing himself to fall on to the frozen stones between the wheels . |
| 5 | How could he think of abandoning her to the malevolent clutches of this voracious monster ? |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't even think of asking me about female membership , ’ barked the old Sgt-Major . |
| 7 | But if I were Ben Hogan , and a Bob Hamilton or Willie Goggin chipped in to beat me in The Masters , a Walter Burkemo holed a sand shot to swipe the PGA , a raw rookie — pick one — holed a 7-iron to beat me somewhere in Florida and then the like of a Bud Holscher or a Shelley Mayfield holed yet another sand shot to steal yet another victory , then I 'd not only be scouring the Fort Worth Yellow Pages looking for the nearest shrink , I might even think of tossing myself under a freight train in the nearest marshalling yard . |
| 8 | Have you ever thought of knitting them on a larger scale ? |
| 9 | Now , Mrs Richards , have you thought of trying something in blue , to match your eyes ? ’ |
| 10 | I 've thought of replacing him with heroin . |
| 11 | Did not get the job — dear , former [ xx ] Manager , drove me up there ( 6 miles north of Perth ) and then on to Dunkeld where he insisted on giving me lunch — he had originally thought of taking me to Gleneagles , but I had to get back to the outplacement people — and did so , only to find ‘ my ’ counsellor had , for the third time , failed to keep an appointment with me . |
| 12 | Well I , I 'd never thought of taking anything like that until she said , cos I , well you never pay , it 's all new to me , I have n't done it before and she said oh no she said we take these small tins of stuff with us and er make our sandwiches , cos there 's a supermarket I believe not far from there |
| 13 | Since becoming vice-chairman four months ago he has thought of changing it to Owen More Money . |
| 14 | If we had but thought of vamping her with cuts , we had done the business . |
| 15 | I thought of leaving it to you , Cynthia , but you have no need of it . |
| 16 | He met two artists , husband and wife , ‘ awfully sweet , she has a bold yet subtle and exotic sense of colour ’ , and thought of trying her for the costumes ; he had already got another artist to try and ‘ you never saw such revue in all your life ’ . |
| 17 | She thought of ringing him on the off chance of catching him at the flat , but shelved the possibility as unlikely . |
| 18 | I was not desperate to make money at that time , rather I thought of helping her with the commission she would take . |
| 19 | I thought of presenting myself at the docks and saying that my pocket had been picked … but I lacked the impudence to carry it off . |
| 20 | Remember I thought of having him in Ireland - I wish I had . |
| 21 | And I thought of putting something in the paper , asking anyone born on April the tenth that year at Thorn House to get in touch . |
| 22 | Clarissa was horrified lest Charles thought of identifying himself with such a call . |
| 23 | It is curious how agents only rarely think of providing you with a plan on a voluntary basis . |
| 24 | Oh I never think of putting them in that . |
| 25 | Bardsley put his teacup down and said in a melancholy voice , ‘ I was thinking of taking him into partnership , but business has n't been that good lately . |
| 26 | ‘ We 're thinking of taking it to the European Court of Human Rights ’ , she says . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , exactly — ’ she hrumphed some more — ‘ I said she was still going to be in Maidstone for a few days though we were thinking of moving her to a private hospital . |
| 28 | ‘ I was n't thinking of bringing him to justice . |
| 29 | Randy , going amazingly steady for him , had spent the fortnight screwing Trace Coley , who was as pretty as she was spoilt , because he 'd heard rumours that Kevin was thinking of including him in his team next year . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've been thinking of getting something in New York . |