Example sentences of "thought of [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She was guarded then ; but gradually he thought of a plan .
2 ’ Her green eyes widened as she thought of a plan .
3 But I thought of a barrister
4 Now Bower-bird , for all his small size , was a quick-witted fellow , and at once he thought of a trick to play on Cassowary .
5 I feel like a worker in Stalinist Russia denouncing his comrades but I say , ‘ Well , I thought of a couple of friends of mine … ’
6 I thought of a way of avoiding the cliché and asked , ‘ What is the average life expectancy of someone with follicular lymphoma ? ’
7 Then I thought of a way to cheer them up .
8 I suddenly thought of a way I could help Herbert .
9 Then I thought of a way of escaping .
10 and I thought of a man who
11 She fought free , but she had no time to tell him just what she thought of a man who would play one sister against the other before Dana was in the room .
12 He thought of a survey after the North-East came eighth in a list of 11 favourite tourist spots in Britain .
13 As she looked at them squashing themselves into chairs bought for Weenie and Co. , she thought of a story from her French course .
14 She never knew how often Lachlan looked at her and thought of a slenderer , more elegant figure .
15 He thought of a fighting field that was again simple , again anonymous .
16 She thought of a wolf — silent , smart and terrifyingly strong — toying with its prey .
17 He thought of a cage after the creature had flown .
18 He thought of a bullet , and he thought of the chill lead set in the brass cartridge cases of the rifles or machine-guns that watched him .
19 I mean if you speak three different languages you could use three different words to put the same sort of thought of a picture dog , chien , hound there 's probably an Italian and a and that but if you speak the languages then different words different codes if you like are for the same idea .
20 He thought of a Zola , Daudet , de Goncourt , Balzac .
21 ‘ I thought of a fee and he doubled it ! ’
22 If he thought of a spacecraft , for example , then Gedanken would find herself in a spacecraft !
23 Then he thought of a line of chimneys belching smoke across the country , and of the fuel they would require , and he grimaced .
24 Here was the woman I wanted to marry , the woman I thought of every day as I looked beyond the cell to make plans for the future .
25 Many more people thought of the works outside Europe in a way that still reflected the idea of El Dorado , or at least of immense profits , and the idea was exploited in vast manipulations of the stock exchanges in France and Britain around 1720 .
26 On reflection , by keeping more heat off the roof and in the building , good-looking Vulcanite S.R. Roofings offer you such significant economic , performance and aesthetic benefits , it 's a wonder nobody thought of the idea before !
27 Only the driver 's expression showed what he thought of the idea of living in a place like that .
28 Mr Hayes said : ‘ We thought of the idea because he came from just up the road from the school and was later brought up and schooled at Great Ayton . ’
29 At the door which led back on to the landing he was looking around for a prop or a wedge to pin it open when he thought of the parcel that he 'd been hugging since the zoo .
30 It was really to see what people thought of the presentation rather than the prize . ’
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