Example sentences of "idea [prep] [verb] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had a very ill-fated start in that some of the original ideas of establishing it as an independent agency with a trading fund were thwarted at the last moment . |
| 2 | We were very open to a range of ideas from big to little ; the mother of a mentally-handicapped child wrote in wanting to do something for mentally-handicapped children , and she had got an idea about setting it in the production office of a children 's comic . |
| 3 | She listened to his advice and bought instead a Welsh pony with the vague idea of attaching it to a trap and doing the shopping in it . |
| 4 | If you have decided on this as your opening sequence , you may like the idea of beginning it with a fade in on a close-up of some brightly lit seasonal decoration in a shopping precinct — the face of a life-size Santa would be an ideal way to set the mood . |
| 5 | William Morton Pitt of Kingston Maurwood , MP for Dorset and a relative of the two famous Prime Ministers ‘ impressed with the beauty of the situation of Swanwich and the salubrity of its climate , and finding the shore of smooth fine sand to be admirably adapted for sea bathing , first conceived the idea of raising it to the condition of a watering place ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ I used to do a lot of home brewing and going round beer festivals gave me the idea of doing it for a living . |
| 7 | He let his mind play with that again , the idea of making it on the box . |
| 8 | But gradually the idea of performing it in the garden , and the setting of the last act of Figaro , which all takes place in the garden , started to suggest an alternative scenario for moments from the opera . |
| 9 | Cotterell was at his desk , a large mahogany monster that had been inherited with the premises because nobody could face the idea of carrying it down the stairs . |
| 10 | I do not know whether he does not understand the measure or whether he thinks that he can discredit the idea by associating it with the poll tax . |