Example sentences of "[noun] i can think [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The only reasons I can think of are 1 ) trying to scare Deano into scoring ( ! ) ; and 2 ) work permits .
2 The two brothers were very close and no writer I can think of has such a hatred of death as Canetti .
3 Only very rarely does something of significance appear at auction I can think of only one important major bronze in the last ten years .
4 The closest analogy I can think of is that it is very much like fishing , you never know what you are going to catch , you have to pull in the small ones when you are hoping for the big one , but occasionally a big one comes along when you least expect it .
5 A. The Flag or Festive Cichlid , Mesonauta festivus , is one of the most peaceful Cichlids I can think of .
6 There are lots of plain old-fashioned words I can think of right now , going back to the Bible , some of them . ’
7 The the other advantages I can think of at the moment for erm getting company to say yes it the obvious connections to company .
8 I thank Heavenly Father , for it is the only escape I can think of .
9 At this moment I can think of nothing else . ’
10 ‘ But it 's certainly true of a couple of places I can think of .
11 More than any other group I can think of , Microdisney are victims of rock 's over-privileging of the text .
12 Employing one of those supremely disingenuous somersaults of logic that only long training in double-speak and the official brand of British arrogance can confer , Mr Howard told a Westminster audience of backbenchers that ‘ If the Commission were to take us to the European Court I can think of few things more calculated to bring the Commission into disrepute ’
13 The valley is drained by the Clough River ( unusually so named , this being the only example I can think of where the word ‘ River ’ follows the name instead of preceding it ) .
14 The simplest example I can think of is a hole .
15 Frankly , the only people I can think of who need to go as low as 850 calories a day in order to achieve a pacey weight loss on the F-Plan are small , rather sedentary women , only a few pounds overweight , and those struggling off the last few pounds of excess weight after a prolonged dieting campaign .
16 ‘ I think there are more twisted , envious and irresponsible people in the London newspaper world than in any comparable area I can think of .
17 Perhaps you can wrap fish and chips in computer output , but that , it seems to me , is the only asset I can think of for ordinary domestic life .
18 The only good and powerful females I can think of are fairies ( ie , not real people ) and for every fairy godmother there are 10 wimpy heroines waiting for a prince to rescue them .
19 ‘ I 'm glad I did n't because , in the three instances I can think of , I 'm not in love with that person any more .
20 It 's the only reason I can think of for her to get so much wrong .
21 For no reason I can think of , a mutual dislike had arisen .
22 ‘ That is the only reason I can think of .
23 ‘ No reason I can think of , but why tell me ? ’
24 ‘ The only thing I can think about now is being hard up .
25 The only thing I can think about
26 ‘ The only thing I can think of is that there is a convent near where I live , and they take a few elderly people . ’
27 Well that 's the only thing I can think of .
28 ‘ Spilt blood is quite the untidiest thing I can think of — much worse than milk . ’
29 To keep them in my sights , I would have to hitch a lift on something shiny — Riva 's wedding ring is the only thing I can think of that might work .
30 Did n't know you , anything about you , and the only thing I can think of to explain it is that Maura , Donal 's sister , told him the name of the family I was looking for .
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