perish the thought in a sentence

Examples

1. Perish the thought ( pun, as always, intended ).
2. Perish the thought that they be asked whether they have any thoughts behind their slogans.
3. Instead, he says, it should include five members nominated by ( perish the thought ) governments.
4. Now no one would dare suggest that Valentine would copy another manager's idea; perish the thought.
5. The toilet _ perish the thought of a door _ sits beneath a century-old one-eyed steer's head.
6. Perish the thought of a bouncing belly, especially when the revealed navel is bejeweled-- the latest craze.
7. Perish the thought, say the mutual-fund gurus.
8. Tomorrow it might be nuclear physics or neurosurgery or even, perish the thought . . . baseball.
9. Perish the thought . ( AH)
10. Perish the thought, whisper German conservatives, but what if Helmut Kohl decides not to stand for chancellor again?