Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | An undertrained and under-educated work-force led inexorably to balance of payments problems . |
| 2 | ‘ A Mr Phillips , a Mr Cuthbertson , a Mr — ’ he tried desperately to think of a name ‘ — Taylerson . |
| 3 | There was a long silence during which she tried desperately to think of some further topic of conversation — just to keep him here a little longer . |
| 4 | Dot tried not to think of Hitler , nor of Dick Barton Special Agent , nor of the Fifth Columnists , nor of those giant nuns with rifles and huge booted feet beneath their long black skirts who were enemy soldiers in disguise . |
| 5 | Frankie stared at the floor and tried not to think of all the things he might have done , or failed to do , to cause this latest upset . |
| 6 | Zambia tried not to think of the future . |
| 7 | He tried not to think of the shock his sister had expressed so strongly when he had told her of his intentions . |
| 8 | " I tried not to think of you either , " she said . |
| 9 | I tried not to think of her in the feathery nightdress under the influence of the aphrodisiac . |
| 10 | He tried not to think of that other night , more than five years ago , when he and Ebenezer had walked this same path , on their way — or so they thought — to release Izzy Kleiber . |
| 11 | She tried not to think of her overdrawn bank account and the credit cards she must n't use . |
| 12 | Guy leaned back against the hut door , dragging the cold night air into his lungs , and tried not to think of the anguish in Isabel 's white face , of the tears drowning her luminous grey eyes . |
| 13 | Every now and then Nora took such opportunities to remind Sarah of her fortune ; she tried not to think of it as a kind of hudsoning . |
| 14 | These days he tried not to think of his son too much . |
| 15 | The sky was aflame and though she tried not to think of the sunsets from Fernando 's cliff-top it was virtually impossible . |
| 16 | The hypothetical question posed above spoke of ‘ the eventual hearing of the case by the trial court ’ . |
| 17 | As Bowen admitted , it had been ‘ like the Alamo ’ for Norwich and bastions was on the lips of every Millwall supporter as they headed home complaining of an iniquitous defeat , their moans contrasting the broadcasted cries of consummation . |
| 18 | As the socialists moved increasingly left of the republic , splitting the coalition government , the right gained support reorganising itself into a united opposition to the republic under the umbrella of the C.E.D.A. The right wing capitalised on the Catholic reaction against republican anticlericalism in order to gain power . |
| 19 | well it got just eased of a little bit and I thought oh well I 'd make it , so I hopped up to get me erm pension erm and I just got down here when it started again and I came around the front from there and I came around the front I was soaking |
| 20 | I ca n't I ca n't really think I 'll have to make a list out you know but er you know I got just think of anything that 's , you know as I say I 've got got some fo cat food will get some dry cat food yeah Oh I cou sta if I start thinking I 'll I 'll I 'll |
| 21 | All too typically I saw enthused teachers returning from training , armed with new perspectives who became progressively drained of optimism as they faced non-understanding in colleagues , shortage of resources , lack of follow-up support , and who ended up despairing and cynical about possibilities of real change . |
| 22 | ‘ I saw the look on your face in the coffee-bar when Gavin said you 'd better beware of skeletons in your cupboard — frankly , it was a dead give-away that you had something to hide . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Well I 'm coming with you , so you 'd better think of something . ’ |
| 24 | I had n't , but I decided I 'd better think of a few . |
| 25 | group you did n't , if you 'd said no there , I just threw it down and said well , you 'd better think of another one . |
| 26 | She 'd long dreamed of being desired by a man whose need was so overwhelming that he would do anything to be with her . |
| 27 | ‘ When you talked it was like you 'd just thought of it . |
| 28 | I did n't think that was bad , considering I 'd just thought of it . |
| 29 | If she 'd already heard of Burrows ’ escape , she would assume that our attention would be directed towards him . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd already thought of that , ’ Laura told her gloomily . |