Example sentences of "i think [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she said to me what did I think of the idea of taking Pete back . |
| 2 | Well , she tells me that she is going to throw Shaun out because Shaun is boring , er , Don put her , Shaun she has no respect for she says because he has n't got a job , he wo n't get a job , he wo n't work , and she said to Lee what did I think of the idea of taking Pete back , once they were properly divorced take Pete back just as a lover and I said that sounds to me to be a very good idea , I said then your not at his mercy because anybody who 's at Pete 's mercy will suffer , his got a very nasty streak , his got a nasty snide way of putting things . |
| 3 | What did I think of the prospect of an up-and-coming Minister of State called Norman Tebbit taking over the job ? |
| 4 | Nice work if you can get it , I thought as the tail lights of her Daimler ( or was it a Rolls ? ) disappeared into the night . |
| 5 | I thought about the gin , but that was tarred with the same brush . |
| 6 | I thought about the options open to us . |
| 7 | I thought about the gutter outside , surely less obnoxious , less sacrilegious than in here . |
| 8 | I thought about the possibility but when my friends kept saying that I would be chosen I said that I thought the selectors would go for more experience . |
| 9 | I thought about the Commando losing his leg this morning and the two wounded being loaded on to the jeep . |
| 10 | I thought about the drug . |
| 11 | ‘ Then I thought about the girl . |
| 12 | I thought about the chips that Mrs Phipps had spoken of and remembered that I had nearly choked on them once . |
| 13 | I hoped so , and I was going to take the risk of finding out , but then Bill started talking about your once-in-a-lifetime chance to travel , and I thought about the fact that I 'm thirty-four and you 're twenty-two … ’ |
| 14 | I thought about the district . |
| 15 | When Eva had gone and I lay for the first time in the same house as Charlie and Eva and my father , I thought about the difference between the interesting people and the nice people . |
| 16 | With that remark I took my leave and made my way through the orchard and onto the road leading to Brigade H.Q That evening as I lay in my trench I thought about the events of the first seven days in Normandy . |
| 17 | When I was alone , I thought about the situation for a long time . |
| 18 | I thought about the police . |
| 19 | But while I lay in my bed I thought about the accident . |
| 20 | I thought of the metal gauze idea because when light hits a gauze cylinder you ca n't see behind it although anyone inside can look out , and when you put the louvres across as well you further disguise their presence . |
| 21 | I thought of the Nile , abundant , seductive and charismatic . |
| 22 | I thought of the refugees whose turmoil was invading the whole of Europe . |
| 23 | I thought of the boy 's open eyes . |
| 24 | I thought of the lupara bianca , the exact |
| 25 | Looking up at the stars I thought of the goddess Nut , her breasts spangled with constellations . |
| 26 | I thought of the Bonnard ; that was the reality ; such moments ; not what one could tell . |
| 27 | I felt hotter than I need have done as I thought of the man who fed the dough on long , long shovels into that blazing hole . |
| 28 | I thought of the river and Nour . |
| 29 | I thought of the Weddell Sea , the ice and the ghost of that Flying Dutchman , visualising the friction that could develop in the close confines of a yacht . |
| 30 | I thought of the question as rhetorical , but his reply was ‘ Yes ’ . |