Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No amount of money can compensate for being bedridden or a semi-invalid . |
| 2 | What the government did not bargain for was the public outrage and the massive support given to the demonstrations . |
| 3 | But I ca n't do it — all I can think about is Marie 's face . |
| 4 | She writes the words : arresting images ( lives that go in circles ‘ like a pigeon on a tyre ’ ) , moments of disturbing lucidity amid inscrutable dream-imagery ( ‘ give me what I want/ And all I can think about is losing it ’ ; ‘ why ca n't you do to my insights/What you do to my insides ? ’ ; |
| 5 | So the first thing you 're always gon na think about is position . |
| 6 | But one thing that is very relevant which , which you 've got ta think about is that , we all thought Operation Quickspend was great news did n't we ? |
| 7 | All you can think about is your mistress upstairs . |
| 8 | Okay , so er what have we got there erm use supports use of support yeah material another thing you might think about is time . |
| 9 | I mean the last thing we 'd think about is excluding children . |
| 10 | See what they 've got ta se think about is if they want double glazing , which is another er two or three thousand pound ! |
| 11 | It swam straight into my chest and bowled me over , thank God it swam on but the adrenalin was flowing so all I could think about was what sort of picture I 'd got . |
| 12 | Edward was still kissing her , his tongue circling inside her mouth , but all she could think about was this new sensation between her legs , a little like the way she felt when they danced , but even better . |
| 13 | ‘ When you consider the difficulties Diana has it speaks volumes that all she could think about was someone else . |
| 14 | All I could think about was the terrible consequences had we lost . |
| 15 | All he could think about was the impending phone call . |
| 16 | Charlotte felt it was for Ursula to say , but all Ursula could think about was her living daughter , not her dead husband . |
| 17 | For now , all she could think about was getting away . |
| 18 | And all that she could think about was , why did Josie want her out of the way ? |
| 19 | KATE was left sitting alone once more as Ace stormed off , but she hardly noticed he 'd gone because all she could think about was how the fuel blend had let them down . |
| 20 | There were only a few spots of blood and all I could think about was how Mum must n't see them . |
| 21 | And all I could think about was George , about how I had nothing at all left for George now . |
| 22 | All I could think about was getting back to speak to you . ’ |
| 23 | Madness , but in this excruciating moment of part-excitement , part-horror the only thing she could think about was her wise choice of what to wear tonight . |
| 24 | All she could think about was what had happened in this room last night — what had almost happened , what , undoubtedly , would have happened — if Nicolo had n't made the mistake of revealing his true intentions . |
| 25 | Chief Insp Dick Copeman of Cleveland Police 's traffic unit said there were three men and one young girl in the car and all the younger men could think about was themselves . |
| 26 | It was the last lecture of the day , and all I could think about was getting back to Chelsea Terrace . |
| 27 | ‘ All I could think about was Donald . |
| 28 | ‘ But I do n't think about being a child . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't think about being a child , so it 's not a plausible dream . |
| 30 | But although she opened her mouth to make it quite clear to her infuriating parent that she was not , never would be , and never wanted to even think about being in love with Luke Hunter , somehow the words would n't come . |