Example sentences of "to dream [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm beginning to dream about the blasted stuff . |
| 2 | As a small child I used to dream about it so vividly , I believed it was real . |
| 3 | She said in a rush , ‘ I — I used to dream about being famous , I used to imagine how wonderful it would be , to feel that you mattered , that people knew who you were , that you were somebody . ’ |
| 4 | Poor little buggers are going to dream about that for weeks . |
| 5 | That 's right , as , as , as Theresa said at the beginning , one of the prime characteristics of dreams is this kind of visual erm symbolism and in the course of analyzing thousands of dreams of course which he did in his practice , Freud found that very often certain fundamental things that people tend to dream about quite a lot tend to appear in lots of people 's dreams with similar kinds of er representations , and among the most notorious and obvious of these were things related to sex . |
| 6 | It 's trying to forget it , and trying to turn it into a more reassuring manifest content , so it starts to dream about it , but the latent thoughts are so disturbing it never succeeds and consequently the whole dream work , this process of disguising the latent content , just does n't get anywhere at all , except for a few minor details . |
| 7 | No , we both like pizzas , but to dream about them at the same time , and he 's screaming out in his sleep , get me a pizza |
| 8 | To dream about . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's the machine that I used to dream about . ’ |
| 10 | I mean erm going to school I used to dream about it and then it came true , you know , I mean . |
| 11 | Once indoors the dog would collapse in front of the fire , there , perhaps , to dream of the day when he 'd swap his flea collar for a laurel wreath , and his water bowl for a magnum of champagne with which to shower his adoring fans ! |
| 12 | Weeks of painstaking work on the complex choreography of her 40 minute show pay off as she struts , high-kicks and glides around the tiny , tightly guarded stage singing the song that first gave her the confidence to dream of a career as a pop star . |
| 13 | Never mind that this idea destroys the fundamental premise of J. M. Barrie 's story , which ends with a vision of Wendy 's descendants continuing to visit the Neverland with an eternally youthful Peter ‘ so long as children are gay and innocent and heartless ’ ; nor yet that Captain James Hook has somehow escaped from the jaws of the ticking crocodile to dream of a return engagement with the leader of the Lost Boys . |
| 14 | Never mind that this idea destroys the fundamental premise of J. M. Barrie 's story , which ends with a vision of Wendy 's descendants continuing to visit the Neverland with an eternally youthful Peter ‘ so long as children are gay and innocent and heartless ’ ; nor yet that Captain James Hook has somehow escaped from the jaws of the ticking crocodile to dream of a return engagement with the leader of the Lost Boys . |
| 15 | Upstairs , Big Momma began to dream of the sun and the warmth of the breezes that had played around her since she was young . |
| 16 | We were able to get on with our routine work without too much drama unfolding around us , and we started to dream of what we would do when the war was over . |
| 17 | That young man had been full of laughter , a bright-eyed echo of her own youth , one whose passion and sensitivity had made her dare to dream of a permanent partnership . |
| 18 | Just to dream of their stimulating discussions was enough to make his head spin . |
| 19 | Despite their unfaithfulness to him the people chosen by God continued to dream of deliverance , and their songs spoke of an anointed one who would champion his people in the lists and free them from oppression and enemy occupation . |
| 20 | To dream of cool and shade was to dream of paradise . |
| 21 | To dream of cool and shade was to dream of paradise . |
| 22 | Irish rugbymen are no longer allowed to dream of improbable needs . |
| 23 | The psychiatrist Ronald Laing suggested once that ‘ to be a success in our society one has to learn to dream of failure ’ . |
| 24 | I used to dream of being the next John McEnroe . |
| 25 | He will inform and fascinate — and encourage still more people to dream of seeing Madagascar . |
| 26 | But it was silly to dream of things which could n't be . |
| 27 | To dream of drinking from the pool , even though it be only a dream , is to turn one 's face away from what mortals call the real world . |
| 28 | She was free to dream of paintings and detective stories . |
| 29 | ‘ When we were together , when we were married , I used to dream of an ordinary life . ’ |
| 30 | Before I ball you like I used to dream of frigging my sister all those years ago . ‘ |