Example sentences of "think it a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ If you think it a good play , all the better for you . |
2 | I think it a good excuse to get away from his family . |
3 | I have great admiration for all those involved in the Academy of Culinary Arts and think it a fine , courageous and important creation , but can someone explain how a meal of such ineptitude can be served in its name , and how some of the best chefs and restaurateurs in the world can have eaten it without public comment ? |
4 | Many think it a fatal weakness in any such attempt to base morality upon egoism that this answer is false . |
5 | All the time Miss B. was rowing me I thought ‘ Dire was the twang of his silver bow ’ out of Iliad Six , and she said ‘ I 'm surprised you think it a smiling matter . ’ |
6 | A sudden dedication to a foreign influence like Hegel or Derrida , brief but intense , is about the only thing there is that can cause the British to lose a sense of humour or a sense of proportion , and during the first London production of Waiting for Godot in 1955 I was reproached by strangers seated around me for laughing , though I still think it a funny play . |
7 | ‘ I think it an excellent idea , ’ Athelstan murmured . |