Example sentences of "[pers pn] think [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea came from the experience of pulling hair out of the bathtub ; ‘ this made me think about the things that are worthless , that we want to get rid of , the embarrassing hidden things like body hair , and the things we value and cultivate — in our culture , for instance , the head of hair is usually the first thing people register when they look at someone , a great deal of energy and money is , therefore , expended on hairdressing and styling . |
| 2 | But it made me think of the voice that sent us to the bar ; he whispered then . |
| 3 | She was , however , immensely enthusiastic and encouraging , trying to make me think of the enterprise as a holiday as well as a mission with a sad and serious purpose . |
| 4 | This time of the building of the gardens of our minds makes me think of the Pacific Ocean where insects spin the sunlight and the salt water , and weave them into the most beautiful oases of the sea . |
| 5 | His talk made me think of the housing estates near Mum 's house , where the ‘ working class ’ would have laughed in Terry 's face — those , that is , who would n't have smacked him round the ear for calling them working class in the first place . |
| 6 | Too much space and too much light in this courtyard : it made me think of the difference between his face and mine . |
| 7 | It made me think of the Palace Hotel . |
| 8 | And she said to me what did I think of the idea of taking Pete back . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | What did I think of the prospect of an up-and-coming Minister of State called Norman Tebbit taking over the job ? |
| 11 | And what did she think of the city ? |
| 12 | What did she think about the job politicians were doing ? |
| 13 | ‘ If there is one company that can be said to have influenced British theatre in the eighties it is Cheek by Jowl … the effect of a Cheek by Jowl Shakespeare is to make you think about the play again . |
| 14 | What do you think about the government ? |
| 15 | I am afraid it is written in enviro-jargon , which will need translating into ordinary English or Welsh , but I hope it helps you think about the kind of issues that need to be got across in a popular television programme . |
| 16 | When this person makes a short , stilted contribution encourage the speaker through obviously listening and asking them to continue : ‘ What else do you think about the proposal ? ’ or ‘ Can 1 ask Bill to say some more about his department ? ’ |
| 17 | Right , so yo , you watched er , Dr. Marius Bernard , erm , the South African , what did you think about the message that came across in the film ? |
| 18 | Now er it was n't that night I said it , it was afterwards so I said what did you think about the concert then ? |
| 19 | ‘ I never know what to make of them , but they certainly make you think about the future of the human race . ’ |
| 20 | Do you think do you think about the trees the trees should stay there or what ? |
| 21 | ‘ The paper — what do you think about the paper ? ’ asked Holmes . |
| 22 | What do you think about the H-bomb ? |
| 23 | What do you think about the H-bomb ? |
| 24 | What do you think about the meaning of life then ? |
| 25 | What do you think about the Nouveau Realistes , the creators of the Surrealist Object , whose work takes the idea of the object as its point of departure ? |
| 26 | Now Alan , first of all er have we learned anything do you think over the years or do we seem to be getting worse ? |
| 27 | What do you think to the board game on the back ? |
| 28 | What do you think to the rice pud , is it do you want any more milk on there ? |
| 29 | What do you think to the submarines Tom ? |
| 30 | What do you think to the pudding ? |