Example sentences of "think with a " in BNC.
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1 | At first she had thought with a shock of fear that it was old age , that old age was like silicon , water-soluble , it flowed into you and as you dried out , it hardened , recasting you in blurred shapes and muted tones . |
2 | Many of those present had found it hard to pick up the thread of what he was saying and instead had thought with a shiver : " Needles driven into your belly ! |
3 | I would have thought with a child that it would be far better to be N H S. |
4 | Somebody who prodded them occasionally , she thinks with a rifle as he was n't right up close , to make sure they realized he was there . |
5 | Her mother , she thought with a most annoying pride , who was one of the few genuinely creative women scientists around and in whose success , were it anyone except her mother 's , she would be rejoicing . |
6 | It is becoming a habit , Dorothea thought with a shock . |
7 | She has noticed ! ’ he thought with a helpless jerk of fear . |
8 | And say what you like , she thought with a small , private smile , it was a cold old night for the animals . |
9 | If she did , she thought with a flash of venom , she would coax her step-father back into the woodshed where she had first had it . |
10 | If he has , Mike thought with a familiar bitterness , the bloody millennium 's arrived . |
11 | And he had looked and behaved like a wild Indian , Carew thought with a feeling of wonder . |
12 | She thought with a rush of gratitude of the letter she had had from Gay , in answer to the one she had written on the first night of the holidays . |
13 | Life must be cruel , she thought with a sudden rush of anger , to allow a fine person like Gay to start her career with so many handicaps . |
14 | Paula looked every inch a model these days , Arlene thought with a touch of proprietorial pride . |
15 | Mouse — the name did suit him , Fox thought with a private grin — yelped and sat up . |
16 | Perhaps she still yearned for him , he thought with a pang of anxiety . |
17 | Still , he thought with a shudder , perhaps it was better than falling into the hands of those negroes out there ! |
18 | I should have been able to give him something to hope for , " he thought with a sigh , as he descended the half dozen stairs and went to kneel beside Miriam on the stone flags . |
19 | He remembers who he is , Ruth thought with a pang of relief . |
20 | A new year without Sylvie , Katherine thought with a mixture of guilt and jubilation . |
21 | It would , he thought with a smile , be most unfitting to explode on landing under the circumstances . |
22 | Not that he need be worried , she thought with a brief pang of bitterness . |
23 | She thought that perhaps she had inflamed herself as well , for she was longing to press her body closer to his ; to feel his hands on her waist , her legs — even , she thought with a slight shock , between her legs . |
24 | Not bad , she thought with a fierce kind of glee that she knew she did n't dare to show . |
25 | His parents had been right , she thought with a small sigh . |
26 | This , she thought with a sheepish giggle to herself , was ridiculous . |
27 | Of course , she thought with a stab at realism , all this could apply to anyone . |
28 | Their bodies joined in rhythmic unison , and she thought with a swift , delirious stab of pleasure , How can any man ever compare with you ? |
29 | Beware , she thought with a stab of coldness , the Virgo threat . |
30 | Passion-killers both , she thought with a mischievous grin . |