Example sentences of "they have not [verb] a clue " in BNC.

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1 And in the Bible it 's recorded that for example there are some cases where there was a big storm and they lost sight of land and all the sailors er promptly panicked because once they 'd lost sight of land they had n't got a clue where they were .
2 I think even when the police turned up , they had n't got a clue what to do with it so , it was a good training training day from This leads down down onto the stairwell .
3 ‘ Well , now that you ask , ’ he said smoothly , ‘ the picture I get is of a group of young people with more money than sense , buying temporary pleasures because they have n't got a clue where to find enjoyment of the more permanent sort . ’
4 The third part is perhaps something that erm , we find a little more difficult , I do found that er number two , number three and number four if you were n't careful blends very much into one another and actually then part three as far as I 'm concerned actually putting across the benefits is really the main part I think and that really is putting into everyday English what we know as professionals as in technical terms , cos if you go and talk to somebody whatever it is , they have n't got a clue we have , we talk about it all the time and I think the biggest criticism of the insurance industry as a whole is the fact that you do n't talk to people in English and that 's why it 's got such a foot in the door and I think the third part for me really is the most important part of the sales process , relating our cock-ups in English , the benefits the client .
5 She says that they have n't got a clue what 's going on .
6 They have n't got a clue about football .
7 They have n't got a clue about football .
8 This Government caused the recession , they continued the recession , and now they have not got a clue how to get out of the recession .
9 But it does show that they have not got a clue what has come out of their chimney stacks in the past " .
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