Example sentences of "think of [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | What they ‘ d just seen was an excerpt from his full-length film Is There Sex After Death ? , a blue movie parody that he ‘ d made on a very tight budget — so tight in fact that the only way he could think of promoting it was to call a press conference — of a sort ! |
| 2 | Did n't know you , anything about you , and the only thing I can think of to explain it is that Maura , Donal 's sister , told him the name of the family I was looking for . |
| 3 | But , have a heart , you have to first keep the nation together before you can think of developing it . |
| 4 | At least I can only be thankful you did n't think of pawning them . |
| 5 | You can now think of moving your brood to a larger tank . |
| 6 | It 's the only thing I can think of to do it . |
| 7 | I would n't dare leave him by himself I would n't think of leaving your dad by himself , going out gadding about |
| 8 | But do n't even think of trying anything against him . |
| 9 | Although job sharing has become more popular in recent years , many people do n't think of suggesting it , which is a shame because the benefits to both mother and employers are huge . |
| 10 | You might wish to help her but you would n't think of advising her ; and usually she needed no help , either . |
| 11 | It would not be eaten — she had not the faintest illusion of that — but it would be looked on and smiled over and would bring back happy memories and it was all she could think of to signify her reborn affection . |
| 12 | What do you think of launching it with pictures of Deneuve ? ’ |
| 13 | I mean I might think of doing something like that , but I 'd never actually dare to do it … |
| 14 | When , in the late 1920s , a critical backlash developed against films that made themselves vacuous in an attempt to match Hollywood styles , the only way people could think of doing it was to define British cinema as the opposite of Hollywood — abandoning melodrama and flamboyance for realism , restraint and understatement . |
| 15 | I think he just figured he would n't do it — he 's in this big rock band and would n't think of doing it , although I think at the time Phil would have ! |
| 16 | You would n't think of doing it years ago |
| 17 | Same as you , only time when you did n't know what you thought and you 've got to call everybody names and everything cos you do n't know what to say , you ca n't think of forgetting it 's here . |
| 18 | They could not even think of washing my hair until I had had this operation to put the two rods in my back . ’ |
| 19 | How then , with the distance between us in the world 's judgement , can I think of making you my wife ? |
| 20 | It was ridiculous that he should think of lowering himself through the floor of the carriage , that he should contemplate hanging for moments or minutes beneath the train , that he should consider allowing himself to fall on to the frozen stones between the wheels . |
| 21 | M. Look , if there are enough of us who believe the bomb is wicked and that a decent nation could never think of having it , whatever the circumstances , then the government would have to do something . |
| 22 | How could he think of abandoning her to the malevolent clutches of this voracious monster ? |
| 23 | I did think of paying them a non-means-tested benefit in exchange for abstention , but I 'm sure I 'd never get the figures past Margaret Beckett . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't even think of asking me about female membership , ’ barked the old Sgt-Major . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , ’ said Bridget , ‘ they held him all weekend , and tried everything they could think of to make him confess . |
| 26 | You must let me do that or I ca n't think of rejoining you . ’ |
| 27 | I did not think of following him , my feet seemed rooted to the sandy path and I saw him through a mist of tears as he appeared to melt through the door , which closed behind him . |
| 28 | It was rough but you know it , it w it was petty things that we was in trouble for , not , nothing sin I mean we would never think of mugging anybody or vandalizing things for the sake of vandalizing . |
| 29 | With so many ifs and buts , it is easy to say if it ai n't broke do n't even think of fixing it . |
| 30 | The nurse , a sprightly , middle-aged woman , full of nervous good humour , was set for half an hour 's good jawing before she would think of showing them the girl , but John cut her short . |