Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would far rather think of it as realising their strengths and weaknesses . |
| 2 | We do rather think of ourselves in this area as ‘ Medaus out in the sticks ’ , being a long way from the hub , so to speak . |
| 3 | Charles Russell also found much to admire in his Manchester Scuttlers , seeing in their violent gang fights a ‘ sense of comradeship ’ which he could not altogether disapprove of : ‘ The ‘ Scuttler ’ ’ was not wholly bad ; he would rather be a blackguard than a dullard . |
| 4 | ‘ And in the back row , Tim Rodber and Ben Clarke can justifiably think of themselves as England candidates . ’ |
| 5 | Secondly , the second Labour government collapsed in August 1931 as a result of the unwillingness of the Cabinet to wholeheartedly approve of Snowden 's demand that unemployment benefits should be cut by 10 per cent . |
| 6 | Liza Tremayne , going about her duties at Southern Command and ever susceptible to atmosphere , was possibly more conscious of this than many of the girls with whom she worked , girls who she well knew did not altogether approve of her present lifestyle . |
| 7 | ‘ That sounds as though you do n't altogether approve of him , ’ said Julia . |
| 8 | After the Leeds Congress Maginn was plainly a disappointed man and probably did not altogether approve of the BDDA 's leadership . |
| 9 | In the last section we have come to the interesting conclusion that B may alone exist of all our variables but we reached that conclusion on a magnet shape not much used in practice . |
| 10 | Why did she suddenly think of David Kent ? |
| 11 | Of course , if she found the right man , and she loved him — Now why did she suddenly think of David Kent ? |
| 12 | The problem with Orwell is that he could only think of class conflict in terms of major insurrectionary conflict . |
| 13 | I can only think of two adverts with Black children on . |
| 14 | Oddly enough , he never gave a thought to the child being born with such difficulty ; he could only think of his wife . |
| 15 | We need only think of laurel leaves ( from which cyanide is derived ) and the foxglove , which can be lethal unless cautiously administered . |
| 16 | ‘ In all my years of motor racing , I can only think of a couple of times when I mastered the machine as at the Nürburgring in 1968 . |
| 17 | We have all wished that we 'd had the perfect retort at some time , but most of us can only think of something smart about three days later . |
| 18 | Despite her ordeal the woman could only think of her boyfriend , but by the time police arrived to free him , he had wriggled free and managed to open the boot from the inside . |
| 19 | ‘ I could only think of stupid , unimportant questions . |
| 20 | The Inquisitor knew that he should only think of Meh'Lindi as a wonderful , living weapon . |
| 21 | He could only think of the confessional 's stock-in-trade : ‘ Did you find pleasure in it , Luke ? ’ |
| 22 | I could only think of that oh so English phrase ‘ It 's not fair ’ . |
| 23 | They could only think of another children 's home . |
| 24 | She could only think of Adam and pray he would be all right . |
| 25 | While neither a saint nor a psychopath , he clearly had some of the characteristics of both — ; chiefly what Lydia could only think of as a sort of selfless solipsism . |
| 26 | She was shocked to the very roots of her being by what she could only think of as an outrage ; a violation of her person . |
| 27 | I can only think of two things small enough and valuable enough : precious stones or drugs . ’ |
| 28 | But somehow Folly could only think of one person who might have sent her so tantalising a message . |
| 29 | I shall only think of my pleasure in having Father and — and you here , and showing you my house . |
| 30 | ‘ And I am Lio ! rt Dragonlord , ’ said the hanging man , pronouncing the word with the harsh click in the back of the throat that Rincewind could only think of as a kind of integral punctuation . |