Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [be] think [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a meal , when relaxing over a cup of coffee , it is easier to discuss important matters — even a crisis can usually wait for an hour or so before being thought about and tackled . |
| 2 | The 1960 were , as we can see now , in some ways rightly to be thought of as a time of indulgence . |
| 3 | I , too , could have sat there like a fan watching an actress , like a lover watching his beloved , content not to be thinking about Mum and what we could do about her . |
| 4 | It seems so — so callous not to be thinking about it and wondering what happened to it . ’ |
| 5 | According to this account the formation of associations during pre-exposure and the loss of associability are not to be thought of as rival interpretations of latent inhibition . |
| 6 | ‘ Not to be thought of , I agree . ’ |
| 7 | BRIAN Deane , Sheffield United 's star striker , last night asked not to be thought of as just a target man . |
| 8 | ‘ Not to be thought of for a moment . |
| 9 | Not to be thought of . ’ |
| 10 | Because it always involves raw materials and techniques it is always dependent Upon a context , and is not to be thought of , in humanist vein , as an isolated expression of the essential creativity of human beings . |
| 11 | Leadership , however , is not to be thought of only in terms of resistance to the crown . |
| 12 | The reason was obvious : the accident was not to be spoken of ; the accident was not to be thought of ; the accident never was . |
| 13 | He believed that the creatures inside the Grail Castle must not breed , for it was not to be thought of that the nightmare perpetuated by the sorcerers should be passed on . |
| 14 | Grainne stood very still , although she did not close her eyes , for to do so in here , with a creature , a something that was watching from the shadowy corners and grinning and copying her every move , was not to be thought of . |
| 15 | He found himself hovering for a dangerous moment between pity and fear and he fought down the pity at once , for it was not to be thought of that he should feel such an emotion for this evil being . |
| 16 | It is not to be thought of as a mere " imitation of nature " . |
| 17 | Here , his worst enemies , dressed in prison officers ' uniform , want to become his friends ; not to be thought of as a screw , but a first name terms chum . |
| 18 | Transport and beds still to be thought of . |
| 19 | He felt he ought now to be thinking of writing a book — but on what ? |
| 20 | I would not wish here to be thought to be saying more than I am saying : my phrasing of the proposition is intended to stress the negotiation by which meanings are shared among us — not to presuppose some innate psycholinguistic stratum which can be laid bare by mere exposure to the ebb and flow of the dialectic . |