Example sentences of "[vb past] with [art] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Lawson also disagreed with the idea of non-executive directors ‘ becoming policemen ’ . |
| 2 | I played with the idea that I was Messiah … ’ |
| 3 | I also played with the idea that what afflicted me was some kind of strabismus of the psyche . |
| 4 | Er , and I got up and I protested about it , on the grounds that if they could n't run a great big pop hall for , and I wholly agreed with the idea , of of them providing the facility . |
| 5 | Doug Laughton , with injuries to Emosi Koloto and Mike O'Neill , toyed with the idea of moving Tony Myler into the pack and playing Davies at stand-off , but decided to keep the Welshman at centre , where he will come into direct confrontation with Meninga . |
| 6 | During the early 1970s , when the sort of thinking exemplified by Limits to Growth permeated official forecasts of imminent shortages of strategic commodities , the CIA toyed with the idea that ‘ The United States ’ near-monopoly position as a food exporter … could give [ it ] a measure of power it never had before . ’ |
| 7 | He resented the price of all these things and toyed with the idea of starting a relationship with a beautician with a view to getting free samples . |
| 8 | He toyed with the idea of creating a little angst in her life to slow her down . |
| 9 | He toyed with the idea of telling her she was n't woman enough for him , but decided not to . |
| 10 | He toyed with the idea of holding Eleanor 's hand and getting romantic . |
| 11 | I toyed with the idea of committing suicide , but I knew in my heart and soul I would never take my own life . |
| 12 | The BBC 's governors toyed with the idea of relinquishing their right to operate two channels of direct broadcast TV . |
| 13 | Vergennes next toyed with the idea of an attack on Ireland , but the Spaniards proved unenthusiastic about anything short of an invasion as the Spanish minister , the Count of Florida Blanca , made clear to the French ambassador in February 1779 : |
| 14 | I toyed with the idea of reminding you of all my triumphs , of my prediction of the ‘ 87 stock market crash , of my warnings about the ERM and the dangers of Europe , about … |
| 15 | Edouard toyed with the idea of having the de Chavigny wine-labels redesigned , and each vintage ornamented by a leading artist , as Rothschild had done . |
| 16 | It is true that , while outright military victory remained improbable , Labour leaders Toping for a German revolution ) resisted calls for the post-war de-industrialization of Germany and toyed with the idea of placing Britain at the head of a revolutionary European resistance to Hitler . |
| 17 | She toyed with the idea of Yorkshire or even further south but was persuaded by Louise that it would be a mistake to make Constance change schools at that point , just before her School Certificate examination . |
| 18 | I toyed with the idea of taking it myself , and hiding it somewhere , but it was almost too heavy for me to carry , and there was nowhere much nearer than the house itself where it could be hidden . |
| 19 | Initially , the group toyed with the idea of developing a new unconstrained , non-compatible architecture but then abandoned that notion claiming the trade-off suffered was relatively minor . |
| 20 | The Old King , like his eldest son , sometimes toyed with the idea of going to Compostella . |
| 21 | He toyed with the idea of reading in the drawing room , but he could hear one of the junior maids moving about in there and decided to go back up to his room instead . |
| 22 | We toyed with the idea of bringing her down from the gallery and onto the set one evening . |
| 23 | We toyed with the idea of forming a group ; getting 20 patients together to build each other 's confidence . |
| 24 | At A level , I toyed with the idea of doing physics , maths and English , and if I was just doing it for pure enjoyment I would have done it at that stage . |
| 25 | For a moment , Alice toyed with the idea of denying it . |
| 26 | He sometimes toyed with the idea of going to live in an EC country , where the streets were cleaner and the wages even higher , but he would n't be able to speak the language . |
| 27 | For a moment I toyed with the idea of getting back to the ship , lifting off and going a comfortingly long way away . |
| 28 | Two of his brothers became professional artists , and Gerard ( he did not use his middle name ) , who had some talent at drawing , toyed with the idea of being a painter before wisely settling on his poetic bent . |
| 29 | Occasionally , Yggdrasil toyed with the idea of junking something or someone totally forgettable — Juliana of Norwich , say , or the Bee Gees ' Collected Lyrics or the parish records of Old Sarum but there was always room . |
| 30 | I toyed with the idea of walking the station to meet him , but , having a sore throat and an impending cold , had gone out to get cough sweets from the ‘ Paki shop ’ just before it closes at 10pm and , coming up the street , the heavens opened and a mass of snow began to fall , so I came in and stayed in , so that 's freshly home made onion soup was ready as he came up the stairs . |