Example sentences of "i think of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either book could be considered the masterpiece of someone whom I think of as among the most gifted authors now at work in England . |
| 2 | I think of him as an artist who writes history , and I take it that the history he writes includes the history he has principally suffered — that of Poland . |
| 3 | I think of it more as a diving into still water . |
| 4 | I think of it more as a novelist might think of a bookshop . |
| 5 | By the way , while I think of it , Anne was just about to leave the country when you rang , but she says when she gets back in September you 're to give her a call . ’ |
| 6 | I think of eating an omelette or walking by the sea and these thoughts have a determinate ‘ qualitative ’ or ‘ phenomenal ’ content . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I dare to go further : some of the most gifted and earnest among my contemporaries — I think of Edgar Dowers in the United States and Geoffrey Hill in the United Kingdom ( though I except Hill 's wonderful Mercian Hymns ) — fall short of pleasing me as they might , because they seem not to have followed this rule of thumb , and their language is habitually for my taste a shade , or several shades , too grandiloquent or ‘ literary ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ I think of it as a stuffy old family that wants to celebrate the birthday of an aged aunt . |
| 10 | At Riverside Studios during the interval of a play in Russian , I was chatting about anything other than the play to the Guardian 's critic , Michael Billington , when Mark Dignam approached Billington and , most courteously and with a touch of a bow , said : ‘ Mr Billington , I look forward to reading you tomorrow and seeing what I think of the play . ’ |
| 11 | When I think of the hours of weeding it saves , it appears nothing but beautiful to me . |
| 12 | I wake up at night and I think of maybe some kid we 've been dealing with . |
| 13 | I think of [ name ] and how someone could do that to a wee woman like that . |
| 14 | I feel my heart pounding as I think of her , and I can not push from my mind a strong feeling that something has happened to her . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | And it is true what your father says … when I think of what it was like after the War , and when I look around now — ’ suiting her actions to her words she looked around the café , at the ladies , old and frail , like herself , respectable in black and grey — ‘ these went through it too , ’ she said , ‘ and look at them , at us , coffee and cake on a Sunday morning . |
| 17 | I think of him sometimes , as the birds are singing in the hedges and the rising sun glints in the windows of houses across the bay . |
| 18 | I finger the necklace often these days as I think of my many friends in that country . |
| 19 | What I think of all this will have to await the publication of my book . ’ |
| 20 | It 's a real effort to click back to that frame of mind , which is bad because fanaticism is the true experience of pop , not discrimination and broad-mindedness — I think of the splendid devotion of all those boys and girls , who as soon as they 've got hold of the new Cure or New Order or Bunnymen record , immediately set to learning the lyrics by heart , then spend days exhaustively interpreting the Tablets From on High , struggling to establish some fit between their experience and what is actually some drunken doggerel cobbled together in a studio off-moment . |
| 21 | I always come back to the Stones when I think of The Smiths , because of the camp , but mainly because of the way each band illuminates their era for us . |
| 22 | ‘ That 's strange , because I think of our music as very political . |
| 23 | I think of this with particular reference to the local community and the wider community . |
| 24 | I think of you as my father , of course , when it comes to Christmas presents and topping up my grant , but I 'm not sure you 've got a blood right to lecture me . ’ |
| 25 | I think of your completeness , |
| 26 | That I think of as a compliment , and it makes me feel good . |
| 27 | When I think of what the ‘ ideal ’ look is for a girl , I always imagine it as someone looking happy , and that is the one thing I know I do n't look . |
| 28 | Now I always glue , nail and use a solid backdrop whenever I can , I think of that episode as my ‘ belt and braces ’ lesson . |
| 29 | And I think of Matthew nineteen verse twelve : And there are those who do not marry for the sake of the kingdom of heaven , Communism . |
| 30 | I think of myself as a pretty good businesswoman now . |