Example sentences of "think [prep] [art] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd think about a better way to handle Eric once I had that out of the way . |
| 2 | This is a subject to which more thought should be given , and I can think of no better organisation to pursue it than your own . |
| 3 | I can think of no better manual for life in the kingdom than this ‘ Queen of the epistles ’ . |
| 4 | Even with the benefit of centuries of debate Hollis can think of no better way to support reason than a grand axiological claim : |
| 5 | Three and four decades ago , I was a star-struck cinema-goer who could think of no better way to pass a morning , afternoon or evening than by visiting the local flea-pit . |
| 6 | I can think of no better expression to characterise these similarities than ‘ family resemblances ’ ; for the various resemblances between members of a family … overlap and criss-cross in the same way . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I can think of no better place to be married . |
| 8 | As he could think of no better plan , he did what she told him . |
| 9 | I can think of no better , happier or more beautiful place for watching his county side being defeated than the Worcestershire county cricket ground . |
| 10 | Whether he noticed was unclear ; probably not , since he made the eminently logical suggestion that they should drive to Randall Lodge together , and to her chagrin she could think of no good reason to refuse . |
| 11 | ‘ I can think of no good reason why I should shy from going openly and without having recourse to others . ’ |
| 12 | Folly wanted to snatch it away , but she could think of no good excuse . |
| 13 | On the basis of her understanding , it appears that any artist in the USA who uses the conventions of the mass media in such a way as to produce a critique of the media ( and I can think of a good many ) is veritably a ‘ quasi-situationist ’ . |
| 14 | He remembered old dad VATman up at Hoomey 's sitting by the fire and how he had wanted to go there , and that made him think of a good name : Lucky Fireside … no , Firelight , Lucky Firelight . |
| 15 | Nutty could not think of a good answer and nor could Mr Sylvester , so Nails was allowed to come . |
| 16 | There is to be a fancy-dress parade , with a bicycle as a prize for the best entry , so see if you can think of a good idea for a character . ’ |
| 17 | Putting his arm around his wife 's shoulder , he added : ‘ When I came down the drive to see you I could n't think of a good reason to give you for splitting up . |
| 18 | ‘ She can always think of a good plan . |
| 19 | ‘ You 'll think of a good word when you 've seen Richie . |
| 20 | I could n't think of a good reason why not so I ushered him towards the stairs and told him I lived in Flat 3 . |
| 21 | If she could think of a good reason to ask questions about the missing don among his colleagues , she might well come up with some interesting answers . |
| 22 | If we could think of a better system we would introduce it . |
| 23 | ‘ Can you think of a better ? ’ |
| 24 | Can you think of a better way to boost circulation ? |
| 25 | ‘ I am anxious that you should stay here until I return and I can not think of a better way of making sure you do than by putting you in charge of my property , ’ he explained . |
| 26 | The method used ( and you may well think of a better one ! ) is to drive two brass gimp or panel pins into the panel on each side of each of the l.e.d.s such that the l.e.d. wires can be looped around ( no tightness here ) and be soldered to the pins rather as Fig. 6 shows . |
| 27 | I ca n't think of a better meal than an omelette with salad and French bread . |
| 28 | ‘ I want to have a full career here and I could n't think of a better way to do that . |
| 29 | And while she was having a whisky and eating a piece of cake at eleven o'clock , in a hapless impulse to demonstrate and somehow fix her freebooting mood — though she saw the irrationality of it on a day that had begun with a clear insight that at least she would try to equal his thinness even if she could never hope to achieve the frugality of his expectations — just as she was leaving the last part of the cake , she would think of a better way to write the note . |
| 30 | Sorvino could n't think of a better reason to get away from the ice-pick drone of the alarm . |