Example sentences of "they [modal v] think of " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even then they may think of some other way of avoiding public sale ( vouchers and member-clutchers probably ) . |
| 2 | For managers to be able to resolve ethical dilemmas , says Ms Nash , they should think of their business in terms of covenants — with employees , customers , suppliers and so on . |
| 3 | I wonder what they 'll think of us ? |
| 4 | But before that before the sell out concert tour in Ireland , did you ever think I wonder what they 'll think of us back home I wonder if we 'll still do it ? |
| 5 | A lot of people will probably relate it to that commercial I think , or they 'll think of the little bunny rabbits in Duracell , that 's what I thought |
| 6 | They might think of glass-cased collections of curios , but they rarely think about the old house next door , the ridges and mounds in the field down the road , or the bits of old pottery that they dig up in the garden . |
| 7 | Both men were dubious about how long someone would be able to endure in the winter , equally they could think of no alternative . |
| 8 | Anything they could think of . ’ |
| 9 | There was no way they could think of escaping now . |
| 10 | A tiny minority of landowners lived in enormous wealth and comfort , exacting feudal dues and enforced labour from farmers who had in effect become their tied peasants : these landowners still engaged in the grain trade as their families had done for generations , and as if they could think of nothing else to do . |
| 11 | Every surface that might have had a fingerprint was wiped , every trace they could think of expunged . |
| 12 | This meant that for long periods they were uncomfortably silent because they could think of nothing to say . |
| 13 | Then Radio One discovered the song , and soon the nation was full of people declaring their over-sexiness for anything they could think of . |
| 14 | Between them they could think of no way to get the food Mrs MacDonagh had cooked that afternoon , and the plates she had left in the stove , from the kitchen to the table at dinner time without something getting cold . |
| 15 | And he too seemed to have exhausted his conversational store ; she thought that they would both have liked to continue talking , but they could think of nothing to say . |
| 16 | But the garrison , distressed by the revelation that Dr McNab had actually written a description in his diary of his own wife 's death by cholera , feared that in the case of Dr McNab even the caricature of a Scot might be mild in comparison with the truth ; they could think of few less tantalizing prospects than that their deaths should become medical statistics . |
| 17 | For the moment the sepoys , perplexed by his behaviour , were keeping well out of his way until they could think of some way of dealing with him . |
| 18 | They built this vast Gothic castle , a sort of Highland fortress , only gargantuan , and filled it with everything they could think of , to show off . |
| 19 | I could not understand at the time why they thought we were Germans , but I later discovered that they knew we were people from a border and the only border they could think of was the one with Austria , which for them was the same as Germany . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , ’ said Bridget , ‘ they held him all weekend , and tried everything they could think of to make him confess . |
| 21 | They fought over everything they could think of to fight over they were really niggly ! |
| 22 | Hardly anybody would think of Richard Wilson or Wright of Derby for instance they 'd think of Turner or Constable . |
| 23 | Mention the word ‘ contented ’ to many people , and they will think of a lazy diner , relaxing after a satisfying meal and announcing that they feel ‘ contented ’ ; others will recall the advertisements for evaporated milk , which ‘ came from contented cows ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ The British people will say to themselves : ‘ Well here 's a government that 's got a majority of 100 , they 've been in office for 10 years , they 've had all these opportunities , and at the end of 10 years all they can think of to do is to make individual attacks on the Leader of the Opposition . ’ |
| 25 | All they can think of is getting the adrenalin going with some warlike talk . |
| 26 | I know it 's not his car 's number plate , or not the car he usually travels in , but ask if it fits his birthday in any way , or his phone number , or anything at all they can think of . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , OSF 's lawyers are casting their nets wide in this Addamax versus OSF matter , deposing everybody they can think of . |
| 28 | by saying restrict them to three you get the best three they can think of |
| 29 | They 'll need to patch up their wounded defence and wounded soldiers , before they can think of premier league football next year . |
| 30 | But he 's like , when they think they can get any little thing they can think of to wind each other up . |