Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] the idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | This French visit gave Webb the idea of growing rape-seed for oil to dress cloth . |
| 2 | This gave Ian the idea of setting up a similar , small-scale , homely establishment in the Highlands . |
| 3 | a Scottish sailor marooned on the island of Juan Fernandez from 1704 until he was picked up by Captain Woodes Rogers 52 months later ; Woodes 's account of him gave Defoe the idea of Robinson Crusoe , and Cowper wrote a poem entitled ‘ Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk ’ , beginning ‘ I am monarch of all I survey ’ . |
| 4 | Talking to him gave Jane the idea ( obvious , as most good ideas seem , once they 're thought of ) of producing a guide to the firm 's products , loose-leaf for updating , to be distributed to doctors and clinics . |
| 5 | ‘ I think that may have been what gave Nigel the idea of starting his little campaign against me . |
| 6 | The old story of the supernatural hound probably gave Stapleton the idea of using phosphorus . |
| 7 | More specifically , it was suggested that a scene in a video nasty gave Fairley the idea of forcing the brother and boyfriend of a 17-year-old girl to perform group sex acts with her at gunpoint . |