Example sentences of "the [adv] [pron] think [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do not like to think that such a brutal murder could be committed by a Scouser , but the more they think about it the more they believe that it was . |
| 2 | We have only done them when we know we have not done them , because there is so much more to them ; and the more we think about them the more they have to say . |
| 3 | The more you think about it , the more you realize that life is riddled with Iterated Prisoner 's Dilemma games , not just human life but animal and plant life too . |
| 4 | If we define publishing as the production of information in a printed form you may begin to realise just what I mean ; price lists , company reports , catalogues , advertisements , newsletters , memos , the list gets longer the more you think about it . |
| 5 | The more I think on it the more I see that this cruel sentence may yet be turned to advantage and may be God 's way of effecting what I most desire and have been unable to bring about . |
| 6 | So she began with praise : — the more I think on it Ellen the more beholden I am to you for how you have cared for Oreste and the more fortunate . |
| 7 | In fact , the more I think about it , few people have any self-control at all ! |
| 8 | The more I think about it the more I am amazed that men are so sanguine about this food-for-sex thing . |
| 9 | The more I think about it , the more I veer to the conclusion that it was all a fantasy . |
| 10 | The more I think about these cases , the more difficult I find it to put each into its proper pigeon-hole . |
| 11 | The more I think about it the more I feel sure that this is the way . |
| 12 | The more I think about it , the more I persuade myself that I 've misjudged little Selina . |
| 13 | The more I think about it , the more I believe that it is a political unit in which the minority accept the verdict . |
| 14 | The more I think about it … ’ |
| 15 | ‘ The more I think about it , the more it seems she was very confused about her feelings . |
| 16 | The more I think about it the bleaker the home life of Professor and Mrs Maitland begins to seem . |
| 17 | The more I think about it , I must say , the more I 'm looking forward to our time together . ’ |