Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] i think [prep] " in BNC.

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1 And when I think of my daughters growing up in that atmosphere , in that society , I feel I must try to avoid it if in any way I can .
2 The schemata are gardens of meditation and when I think of poetry , I am taken to the far country of Li Po , and then I see Thoreau and Jnandas and Rumi and a hundred poets ; their images throng my mind and I am moved and tears come to my eyes .
3 Only I was really upset at the time and when I think of them drilling into my head and peeling back my skull and — ’
4 And when I think of the Third-World mothers who do n't even have a roof , and who still manage to love and care for their children , it 's very humbling .
5 And as I thought about their meaning , the tears slowed down until they stopped .
6 But where I thought of this part of the game as the worst , Ken positively savoured it .
7 I did n't expect it to hit me quite so hard , but when I think about it it 's because I 'm so bloody sad that the last fourteen years were spent in dying not in living .
8 But when I think about how I feel for you , it turns me into a Hercules and I feel I can conquer the world . ’
9 I have no doubt that dedicated woodturners everywhere would scoff at the idea of engineers ' lathes being used for woodturners , but when I think of the various moulds and patterns I have made over the years with comparative ease but which due to their intricacies could only have been made with extreme difficulty on a wood lathe — if at all .
10 We all know how the week runs away with official interviews and calls , and how difficult it is to remember all the people with whom you ought to keep in touch , but when I think of the number of things which people of different types , like Lady Londonderry and Lady St Helier and others , have got settled by letting people meet at the dinner table , I despair of a man who never sees even those who have been longest in office on any occasion .
11 But when I think of the trouble she 's caused ! ’
12 I mean , I did n't think so at the time but when I think of it you know , and later when I came back after the war we , oh my God !
13 Elegance was not a concept I associated with myself , nor with nuns , but as I thought about it I realised that Lili was right .
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