Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [adj] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little Chef had other ideas . |
| 2 | Since large serf-owners tended not to live on their estates or to know much about rural conditions , few of the people whom the tsar had charged with thinking about emancipation had any idea of the complexities of the task . |
| 3 | Although British intelligence had shrewd ideas of the launching sites of these abominations they were difficult targets even for the RAF . |
| 4 | She thought she might avoid the place for a few days herself , just in case the boy had any ideas of adopting her as a protector . |
| 5 | The band had strong ideas about production . |
| 6 | I thought it was going to be a holiday home , but my husband had different ideas . ’ |
| 7 | At the end of year nine it was make my mind up time on my GCSE options , there was no doubt which I wanted to take , drama , but my father had other ideas he thought a second language would be far more constructive . |
| 8 | Her nanny had other ideas and took her by the hand . |
| 9 | The first speaker had clear ideas of what constituted quality training . |
| 10 | Happily , my AOC had other ideas . |
| 11 | I do n't know where this Doctor had this idea from but I do n't know how many years ago , but I remember I had my Co-op news every week and , and he said that he could see us going a full circle and I 'm just wondering when he 's gon if I 'll be alive when it comes round again because I , I do n't think that these big mass stores erm as I say they 're all right you see , people with plenty of money with a car they could fill the freezer up . |
| 12 | Nor do I think the bank had any idea of the effect its action would have : that it would potentially create a loss for itself and other creditors . ’ |
| 13 | One wonders if the Captain-General had any idea of the utter impossibility of navigating at 75°S , for on this longitudinal track his ships would be stuck fast in the thick ice-of the Weddell Sea , hemmed in by the unimagined continent and unendurable cold of the Antarctic . |
| 14 | Luckily the driver had some idea of what was going on — and managed to escape assassination . |
| 15 | She kicked her trainers under the seat , in case Brown Owl had funny ideas like Mum . |
| 16 | I went to bed very depressed , but it seemed my subconscious had other ideas , because I woke with the remembrance of the Humanists . |
| 17 | Only the children with a smattering of English had any idea what was going on . |
| 18 | But Harris , who made 47 in the first innings and Puddle who promoted himself in the batting order had other ideas . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't think this couple had any idea what was going on , ’ said an arresting officer . |
| 20 | I kept my window wide open to encourage them but my mother had different ideas . |
| 21 | Leeming had written that no member of the party had any idea why they were kidnapped or who the kidnappers were . |