Example sentences of "[vb infin] of [indef pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you know of anyone else who is capable of recognising an opportunity if one presents itself ? ’ |
| 2 | Do you know of anyone else who is interested in the UK ? |
| 3 | well go on then I do n't know of anyone though , I bought those kind of shoes there |
| 4 | ‘ Possibly he may know of someone else who gives such lessons . ’ |
| 5 | And yet , however hard she tried , she could think of nothing particularly traumatic . |
| 6 | Marie could think of nothing else to say . |
| 7 | The idea that she was being punished began to obsess her and she could think of nothing else the whole winter . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Nor is it simply looking at them with no further end in mind , which might be the listless action of someone who can think of nothing else to do . |
| 10 | The desire to do this laid hold of him , and he could think of nothing else . ’ |
| 11 | He was ever anxious about the weather and , when he could think of nothing else to be anxious about , he became worried that he must have forgotten something important that should have been causing him worry . |
| 12 | His head was so full of her that he could think of nothing else . |
| 13 | He could think of nothing else . |
| 14 | As he could think of nothing else , Martin repeated this to his grandfather . |
| 15 | At this moment I can think of nothing else . ’ |
| 16 | I could think of nothing else . |
| 17 | She could think of nothing else to say . |
| 18 | For the moment he could think of nothing apart from the name . |
| 19 | He could think of nothing less suited to him , and the job went instead to his colleague at the Home Office , David Mellor , who subsequently pipped him to the Cabinet . |
| 20 | I can think of nothing less appealing than climbing into bed with you — which is why I intend to sleep in the ante-room . |
| 21 | I can think of nothing more awful than England for us . |
| 22 | I can think of nothing more destructive than the Labour party 's proposals . |
| 23 | I can think of nothing more damaging to law and order in the metropolis than having the hon. Gentleman as chairman of such an authority . |
| 24 | Erm but I 'll probably think of something later on . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll try and think of something else , sir , ’ Hoomey said brightly . |
| 26 | She must think of something else to do . |
| 27 | ‘ You 'll come home to get well and then we 'll think of something else for you . ’ |
| 28 | I 'll think of something else ter 'elp us through . |
| 29 | ‘ Then I kept thinking , aww , pretty soon I 'm gon na think of something else or something else is going to happen . |
| 30 | And … and if you do n't like it , we 'll think of something else . |