Example sentences of "came up [prep] the [adj] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so I came up with the following idea , which works extremely well for me . |
| 2 | Maureen came up with the ingenious idea of making a sling . |
| 3 | Americans came up with the Big Ideas for videocassette recorders , basic oxygen furnaces , and continuous casters for making steel , microwave ovens , automobile stamping machines , computerized machine tools , integrated circuits . |
| 4 | ‘ Walt Disney came up with the off-beat idea of having popular film and radio star Phil Harris provide the voice for Mowgli 's mellow mentor , Baloo . |
| 5 | A very large number came up with the same idea : that Mummy or Daddy has had a sex change . |
| 6 | All came up with the same idea and they wanted to do it . |
| 7 | Next Derek came up with the bright idea of making me walk to see how far I could get . |
| 8 | But Tandri now came up with the bright idea of charging an exorbitant additional fee for every island we needed to call at en route . |
| 9 | I was unaware of this and ca n't afford it anyway , so I was pleased when the manageress of the shop next door came up with the bright idea of playing it in my rest room , where the public are not allowed . |
| 10 | The extra performance on the Tuesday in aid of the new cancer day-care ward at Whiston Hospital raised three hundred pounds and special thanks go to Betty who came up with the original idea and everyone involved who organized the marvellous spread for the soiree afterwards . |