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

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1 Oh that would have been I think it was between the wars , I think between the time of the world wars .
2 ‘ I think for a man in my position with my experience of playing for England and on the continent , it does not show much regard . ’
3 I think for a day 's er work it 's worth assessing the three top people identified with the six outside people that I 've identified who are you know in the next division down to see how they compare .
4 Now just think for a minute what that involves .
5 What is it , after all — just think for a minute — but a lot of reformist and flatulent ‘ left-wing ’ politics !
6 There was another track after ‘ Happy Hour ’ that we could have put out that probably would have done just as well , but instead we went for a ballad , ‘ Think For A Minute ’ , to make people think , ‘ Jesus , there 's more to this group than I 'd thought ’ .
7 Think for a minute . ’
8 ‘ Just think for a minute or two , ’ replied Gabriel hopefully .
9 And course he 'd frightened himself and er I counted up to about eight , nine and ten I said to him , Look when you go inside that bloody gate now I said go straight into the office sit down and think for a minute where the hell are we all going to in this carry on ?
10 Well sport , traffic and travel , what 's on , think for a minute and plenty of opinion .
11 She asks me what I want , and I think for a bit .
12 There 's a telephone on the wall just by my table and I think for a bit about who I 'd like to phone .
13 Some people do n't stop when she asks them for money , but most people think for a bit and then dig in their pockets and give her summat .
14 I think for a bit what I should do .
15 I think for a bit about going to ask him how I get home but I do n't want to ask him in case he tells Mr Jackson .
16 When he 's gone , I think for a bit about Scotland .
17 No , but er , I do n't know people , it 's , it 's where people get their ideas from I think for a start , I know one time we used to sell oh a lot of erm spotlights and spotlamps , but only to people who were running discos , er now erm there are people who erm , well they , they want a , a couple in the lounge or something like that or , and er , and then of course they , there 's others who erm have them outside and light up their trees , at night .
18 Yes , I think for a lot of people that 's true and I do n't denigrate that because I think a lot of good work goes on in the Women 's Institute , but what we are particularly interested in is in the professional craftsman , the craftsman who has trained for a number of year to produce extremely good work , and what we try to do is to make that work more available to the public in a number of ways .
19 I think for a lot of people , yes , it does , and though the pile of bricks obviously comes under Art with a capital A , crafts perhaps has not suffered quite as much , but I think there is the feeling amongst people that if they get a pot which is , shall we say non-function and wo n't pour , then is it art or craft ?
20 Just think for a moment of the way love is expressed in our giving .
21 Think for a moment what your house is worth today .
22 Just think for a moment .
23 If the shampoo-swilling celebrants of the City , or for that matter the likes of true-blue Sheppard , think for a moment that this man is likely to preside over unfettered mergers and acquisitions activity in the recalcitrant manner of his 12 predecessors since 1979 , they are hopelessly wide of the mark .
24 Think for a moment of the difference in rhythmic pattern of these three songs .
25 To understand how the Steamatic works , think for a moment how dirt accumulates in the home .
26 I stop and think for a moment — shocked by my act of sadism .
27 ‘ Now before you go on presenting that blank face to me , think for a moment .
28 He saw it made her think for a moment , about him .
29 ‘ Try and think for a moment how many points of view there are in the world and how seldom people really understand each other .
30 ‘ How you suddenly remember something very vividly , ’ she said , ‘ and you think for a moment you 've really got hold of it .
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