Example sentences of "[noun] have [art] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | Professor Brighouse has no idea why Mr Patten singled him out for attack , but says the Secretary of State has been under a lot of pressure |
| 2 | This is not true in the case of urinary incontinence ( when the sufferer has no idea of what 's happening and no control over it ) . |
| 3 | Lambeth has no idea in the world what it 's like for people like us . |
| 4 | The public will see immediately that Labour has no idea what it is going to do — but perhaps that is Labour 's chosen method : perhaps the idea is to introduce a tax that is completely incomprehensible . |
| 5 | Gorbachev has no idea of what he is doing , of the forces he has unleashed — forces we will harness and control . |
| 6 | What I did not realise at the time , but discovered later , was that Mrs Singh had no idea that transfer next September had been suggested — she expected that it would happen straight away . |
| 7 | Nellie had no idea where her friend Aggie could obtain a neutered tomcat but she had made enquiries . |
| 8 | His orgasms seemed to him to be perfectly genuine , but once Maisie had an idea in her head it proved difficult to shift . |
| 9 | Jim Hill , chief inspector at Dundee had no idea just how far afield one of his Salas desk diaries would travel when he passed one of his ( very limited ) yearly supply to Independent Financial Adviser C E Heath . |
| 10 | Edward had no idea of how to express himself in that way . |
| 11 | Delia Sutherland had no idea Mrs Files could cook a soufflé . |
| 12 | Dot had no idea . |
| 13 | As she was still naked , Rex had no idea where she had produced it from . |
| 14 | If any readers have an idea what it might be and how it may be put to good use , please let me know — IM |
| 15 | My generation of football supporters have no idea at all if George Best or even Pele were that good . |
| 16 | Warner Brothers have no idea what they 're sitting on here |
| 17 | Though they will travel well prepared , the Lancashire club have no idea as to the strength of opposition they will meet , Harlequins having indicated some time ago that a number of their senior players may have other commitments during the Easter break . |
| 18 | Nicholson had an idea already ; other friends were asked to submit outlines for a screenplay and one of those was Carol Eastman , who wrote under the pen-name of Adrien Joyce . |
| 19 | At the same time , Denyer had the idea of setting up an accompanying exhibition : it seemed an obvious extension of the book . |
| 20 | There must have been dozens of them in our back garden by the time I was seven , though my parents had no idea they were living next to a bird cemetery . |
| 21 | Terry Rourke had thought cynically that Sally-Anne Tunstall had no idea what being poor meant , and he wanted Jared Tunstall 's money , or some of it , at least . |
| 22 | Lexandro had no idea . |
| 23 | Maggie had no idea what it was and no notion of the time but as she opened her eyes every sense was alert . |
| 24 | Zen had no idea what he was supposed to think . |
| 25 | Mick had an idea that Bob Welch might be leaving the band and so he asked us to join . |
| 26 | We sat thinking for about five minutes , then Pete had an idea . |
| 27 | In 1952 Denys Darlow , then organist of All Saints church , Tilford , Barbara Gregory , a member of the church choir , and a group of local enthusiasts had the idea of combining a church with ideal acoustics , with an organist-conductor with a passion for Bach and access to young professional and semi-professional musicians . |
| 28 | As it was a blind taste-testing , our famous judge had no idea that , coincidentally , the pie he picked as best for taste and texture was Selfridges ' own-brand , hand-baked mince pies . |
| 29 | Ginny had no idea who it was or where the scream came from . |
| 30 | Ruth had no idea how long they had been driving when Sean turned the horses off the road on to a narrow side track . |