Example sentences of "[noun] at the very idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gales of laughter at the very idea . |
| 2 | The rest of the traders , however , again expressed shock/horror at the very idea and were usefully sententious with it . |
| 3 | ‘ as if we 'd leave you here on your own , ’ said Snodgrass , clicking his tongue at the very idea . |
| 4 | I was terrified out of my wits at the very idea . |
| 5 | How , more than anything , he 'd wanted to tell his family all about her , but how , because Rosemary had shrunk away from him in horror at the very idea , he had given her his solemn promise that , outside this building , her name would never leave his lips . |
| 6 | Yet , whenever she contemplated a resumption of the life she had enjoyed before her initial meeting with Johnny , she felt a rising panic and a disinclination amounting almost to hostility at the very idea . |