Example sentences of "[modal v] have had [art] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somebody must have had the idea of converting all the RAF waste food into pork and bacon and of course there was plenty of labour at hand . |
| 2 | He could have had no idea that Mr Waterhouse was to become one of the greatest civic architects of the north , for in 1856 , when Hinderton Hall was built , he was still at the brink of his career . |
| 3 | When Conan Doyle put these words into the mouth of Sherlock Holmes , he could have had no idea of the tools which would one day become available to the great detective 's fellow scientists in their search for truth . |
| 4 | What developed was a massacre rather than any battle , as disciplined and prepared thousands bore down upon a scattered , unready and largely leaderless crowd , which could have had no idea that any enemy were on this side of the river . |
| 5 | But then , he could have had no idea that we were going to have a look at the Delos . |
| 6 | One can well understand , of course , her lack of desire for another child when they already had eight to feed and clothe , and naturally she can have had no idea of the effect on Eileen of her casually spoken words . |
| 7 | At that first meeting my father can have had no idea of the troubles this boy would bring upon his country . |