Example sentences of "thought [prep] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought about moving from the corner . |
| 2 | Well you always thought about going to the Beefeater a bu really I suppose it might be better to go today than tomorrow . |
| 3 | Mrs Clark said : ‘ We thought about standing in the way of these bulldozers but the bees were a better idea . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Why he or the Queen never thought of searching for the King is a mystery . ’ |
| 6 | She thought of looking at the doctor and indicating that he should interfere and stop it ; but she did not . |
| 7 | None of them thought of looking at the ricks . |
| 8 | At first he thought of resigning from the jury but then decided not to do so . |
| 9 | Waiting for him , she thought of getting into the big bed . |
| 10 | For a moment she thought of staggering to the window again to throw the soup out , but decided against it . |
| 11 | Then I thought of going across the road and throwing them in a skip — except that this would look very peculiar . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I seriously thought of crawling through the smoke to the door . |
| 14 | She thought of crawling beneath the vehicle 's metal-plated skirt , but one faceful of exhaust-heated mud was enough to discourage her . |