think - use in sentences

Object

  • fit: The student or his/her representative shall present the case to the panel, calling such witnesses and presenting such evidence as he/she thinks fit.
  • tank: This is not the outpouring of some mid-Atlantic think tank.
  • someone: Save it to your home page and read later Think someone else would like to see something?
  • lot: I think a lot of it comes down to laziness.

Adjective complement

  • most: I think most of us are searching for community.
  • appropriate: Then they took receipt, if you like, of the money involved and used that money as they thought appropriate.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • through: To get more out of the exercise, encourage students to think through and plan all aspects of the performance.

Used with why or when

  • that: I don't think that turned out well for him.
  • what: I shudder to think what the others are like.
  • when: But what should you think about when you do your research?
  • who: And nowhere more so than when we think about who works in the public services.

Preposition: of

  • anything: Any readers who want to be generous, and who really can't think of anything better to do, may consult.
  • something: Read out your list of discussion points and ask if anyone else can think of something you've missed.

Preposition: for

  • moment: And all are simply degrees of the same thing, as you will see if you but think for a moment.

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