Example sentences of "i think [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Because when he told me their name was I thought of a girl I used to know called Louise , but it is n't her
2 ‘ 'When I was a child I spake as a child , I understood as a child , I thought as a child , but when I became a man , I put away childish things .
3 I feel like a worker in Stalinist Russia denouncing his comrades but I say , ‘ Well , I thought of a couple of friends of mine … ’
4 But I thought of a barrister
5 I thought of a way of avoiding the cliché and asked , ‘ What is the average life expectancy of someone with follicular lymphoma ? ’
6 Then I thought of a way to cheer them up .
7 Then I thought of a way of escaping .
8 and I thought of a man who
9 I thought of a fee and he doubled it ! ’
10 I thought for a minute , then I said , ‘ Yes , I can keep a secret . ’
11 I thought for a minute you had that look about you . ’
12 I thought for a minute , he said down to Mr Blobby did n't you ?
13 I thought for a minute you could have been Billy sitting there , ’ she said as she put the tea down on the desk .
14 Well Mary said if I thought for a minute that she would stick at it , I would pay for her but
15 I thought for a second he was going to burn it , but instead he tore it into tiny scraps that he tossed into the warm wind .
16 I thought for a second she was smoking so I avoided her and I do n't think she noticed me. when I came out , there was Shelima 's science book in a wash-basin smouldering away .
17 I thought for a while .
18 " I thought for a while it was for a baby of your own , " she said .
19 I thought for a while and said that the only thing I could think of was that the British government did not — although it would have been slow to admit it — at that moment cut much ice with the South African government , but the United States government cut considerable ice .
20 I thought for a while that the information would just go on accumulating from here on in , but thank God it 's already begun dropping off .
21 I thought for a while , when you drove past Lubor and me at lunchtime the next day and looked so angry , that my dinner appointment with you might be off , ’ she felt safe in commenting .
22 But I thought for a girl that 's
23 I thought for a moment .
24 I thought for a moment .
25 I thought for a moment that I had come second ; I had n't seen Ben at all .
26 I thought for a moment and came up with a suggestion that he should give some sort of honour , an OBE or the like , to the cricketer Basil D'Oliveira , who had been shabbily treated by the South African government .
27 I thought for a moment .
28 I thought for a moment , but could not find the right answer .
29 I thought for a moment there I was going to get hysterical and start yelling knickers .
30 He produced a pocket-book and I thought for a moment he was going to tip me .
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