Example sentences of "think [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | About fifteen quid I think for a small one this chap said , it 's very cheap |
| 2 | So , we think for a little while ahead you should go to a school where you 'll be looked after ; I mean , where you can sleep , and where he wo n't get at you . ’ |
| 3 | And if you think for a single moment that there 's going to be a repeat of tonight then think again . |
| 4 | And I th , I think about a great deal because it 's a very strange , it 's a very strange thing to talk about but when I came to Suffolk , I might have told you this before er , I had hardly been away from home at all , I was only seventeen when I first met him |
| 5 | This is making Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's government think about a new immigration policy . |
| 6 | So take the plunge now , those of you on the sidelines ; think about a serious attack on the situation , in the knowledge that there are still improvements to make . |
| 7 | Where space is really tight , or if you do n't need a 12-place setting machine , think about a slimline or compact model . |
| 8 | Well , I suppose , if somebody 's going around with an opinion pole , and they ask you about a certain , what you think about a certain thing , that , that , presume what their asking about , may affect everybody in different way |
| 9 | He was ready to leave Northants and had gone off , with his customary annual zeal , to coach and play for Otago — and think about a geographical change of scenery in England . |
| 10 | It is important to notice that the distinction between these two kinds of language ( the artificially constructed and the communicating ) is often more a question of the way we use or think about a particular stretch of language , than the way it is in itself . |
| 11 | If you fancy your chances at bigger shows but ca n't afford to buy or keep a top class horse , think about a registered Mountain and Moorland for a fraction of the price . |
| 12 | If you fancy your chances at bigger shows think about a registered Mountain and Moorland for a fraction of the price . |
| 13 | The decision in Chamberlain was also followed and referred to in Vestey v IRC 31 TC 1 but Lord Reid did give a warning : The ingenuity of those who devise these schemes is such that it might be rash to say that property can never be comprised in a settlement unless it is charged with rights in favour of others , but I think as a general rule this must now be the test . |
| 14 | They 're going to work in leisure industries , in caring services , in education , all those things that go with what we think as a good life , and indeed , coming back to the third world , that 's the very kind of thing that we need in African villages and India — agriculturalists , erm teachers , health workers and so on . |
| 15 | At an Oval Office photo session at the start of the six-hour White House visit , Mr Major said of the airdrop plan : ‘ I think as a humanitarian mission , it is very welcome and it will have our support . ’ |
| 16 | I might add that Filmer 's notion of dominion as originally granted to Adam included both ownership of property and authority over men and here Filmer was trading on erm erm the feudal tradition of erm property erm erm erm dominion erm entails that if you have property rights in a certain tract of territory you also have political authority over the people inhabiting that or that territory you know , think of a straightforward standard lord of the manor and his service you know , he has property rights in the territory , he also has authority over erm the individuals who live off that territory . |
| 17 | And erm the , what , how would you work out , think of a practical example , how would you work out the wattage erm if you know the current ? |
| 18 | When the phoneme occurs between vowels it is sometimes pronounced as a ‘ tap ’ ( the tongue blade strikes the alveolar ridge sharply , producing a very brief voiced plosive : the phonetic symbol is ; this is very common in American English , and is also found in a number of accents in England : think of a typical American pronunciation of ‘ getting better ’ [ ] . |
| 19 | Think of a young , impressionable person who is on the edge of some fringe set — perhaps eager to be accepted , although doubtful of all the ideas and implications involved . |
| 20 | Take a really nice grain , add a seductive dark sunburst finish , gold plate the hardware , and then think of a classy name . |
| 21 | Okay if you just sort of like think of a vague title which sums up what the things are which you want to cover in the essay and if you get it to me by Monday then that that 'll be quite good . |
| 22 | You think of a warm , inky cave and you got its mouth all right . |
| 23 | Come quickly think of a decent question . |
| 24 | But think of a diagrammatical pattern , written for any knitting machine type . |
| 25 | We English have an important advantage over foreigners in this respect and it is for this reason that when you think of a great butler , he is bound , almost by definition , to be an Englishman . |
| 26 | If you think of a famous building that you associate with London okay we are doing life in the city , we all live in London okay , think in your mind of a famous building for example Saint Paul 's , what I want you to do , and we 'll go round the class , is that I want you to describe yourself |
| 27 | ‘ I know , but just think of a long soak in a hot bath and a large soft bed to sleep on . |
| 28 | I gripped the telephone tightly and looked at my face in the little oblong mirror of the kiosk and could not , for a moment , think of a single thing to say . |
| 29 | Think of a medical student attending a course in the X-ray diagnosis of pulmonary diseases . |
| 30 | Very important for the physics , because what 's happening at that point as far as the physics is concerned , when the acceleration is zero , not , think of a racing car accelerating up to top speed , down the straight and it just ca n't go any faster , it 's got up to a hundred and eighty miles an hour , and it 's |