Example sentences of "[pers pn] think on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sometimes the priest holds services here — I think on the Feast of St Finian , ’ the driver had told me . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Haply I think on thee , and then my state , like to the lark at break of day arising from sun and earth , sings hymns at Heaven 's gate : for thy sweet love remember 'd such wealth brings , that then I scorn to change my state with kings . ’ |
| 5 | Mr Haselhurst said : ‘ I think on all the previous evidence the last thing that will happen now will be a fall in unemployment . ’ |
| 6 | I think on the whole it pays to try to use humour , but it 's better not to be too cruel if you can avoid it . |
| 7 | The separation may be more mental than physical , as in the much-loved pair 29 and 30 , where the Poet 's despair and sadness are dispelled merely by recalling the Friend : ‘ For thy sweet love rememb'red ’ and ‘ But if the while I think on thee , dear friend ’ , couplets which once read it is impossible to forget . |
| 8 | As I think on this my anger at his death is less , though my grief can not be . |
| 9 | I think on some points they are a bit too easy with us , with people sort of skiving . |
| 10 | Yeah I think on the er i it is n't for us here to decide the level of contributions . |
| 11 | Erm , I think on that , that that we must remember that cigarettes are a drug |
| 12 | I did erm , mention , I think on one of them which was the erm Tim , this is the upstairs , I did actually mention that when I saw it to Roger . |
| 13 | And then in the air it stiffens very slightly as it cools down , but I think on a nice warm day like this is might be . |
| 14 | PAMELA : Since I must not say what I think on one hand nor on the other , let me depart your presence . |
| 15 | Er er I think on a bigger job i it it 's perhaps a different story . |
| 16 | And in twelve years as an experienced shop steward , I can only recall having a full time officer in I think on three occasions . |
| 17 | He does n't think that widening the carriageway on the corner of Road and Road will be very sensible , but that was n't what we were suggesting , we were suggesting I think on er Avenue rather than so we 'll have to write back and tell him . |
| 18 | Which , you know , Alan and I were saying we were a bit concerned about because he 's doing i such a good job I think on the lobbying , that North Yorkshire are not going to be flavour of the month in terms of ministers or senior civil servants |
| 19 | It is exactly because of that level of variance and because we considered er that multiple cautioning on some occasions , I think on the figures I have examined about six percent of occasions , er were unjustifiable that we have reviewed our policy . |
| 20 | In view of what he has said , I deeply regret having called him , I think on Question 2 , to ask a question about the Northumbria police which had nothing to do with his constituency . |
| 21 | David Speedy 's goal enough to get all three points for Leicester and I think on the balance of play they just about edged it but Forest put up a marvellous performance in the second half especially when they had to make er changes and things did n't go well for them . |
| 22 | ‘ If you really want a cigarette very badly I think on the whole I should prefer you to have one , ’ Ivy told him . |
| 23 | Normally , or sometimes rather , we use the college for our Regional Council and I , I think on the last meeting we were discussing , the Regional Council members were discussing , the er , the amalgamation . |
| 24 | Yeah I think on the North Sea , it obviously would have erm an effect on parts of our business , some parts more than others erm it 's very early to say exactly what , what effect it obviously in fact to the extent that it encourages the further development of existing fields that clearly benefits parts , parts of our business that are to do with completion equipment and development equipment . |
| 25 | No I do n't think so , but I mean I think on the whole that the pop the admin the erm Clinton Administrations Policy is to try and encourage the development of nat the use of natural gas , it 's environmentally er more acceptable and so I do n't see any particular erm direct threat this year . |
| 26 | but they 're not the representatives , and this does have some bearing I think on er remark with regard to erm where does the parish council P P C actually fit in ? |
| 27 | I think on this side there 's also a degree of corporate confusion at North Yorkshire about the what exactly the what exactly we we we 're trying to establish during this current round of er . |
| 28 | Certainly it would be very difficult to introduce any statistical rational erm to the desegregation of Greater York to its district components , bearing in mind the small populations er in some of the Greater York er districts , we think that the general level of detail erm in the structure plan is appropriate , and we think to go down to any finer detail would be an inappropriate to a structure plan , and thirdly I think on that issue , er we would think that it would prejudice erm the work that District Council would want to do erm in their er local plans . |
| 29 | Now I have considerable respect for the House of Commons ' Environment Committee but I think on this occasion they must have been tired and emotional when they wrote that . |
| 30 | So yeah , I support the Committee , I think on the question of the report I think we need to be absolutely specific about what committee deal with what issue of that report . |