Example sentences of "not the [adj] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parisians remain unconvinced that the project will be approved , especially since it is not the only idea on the drawing board . |
| 2 | I have not the remotest idea David . |
| 3 | ‘ I have not the remotest idea what you mean , ’ Theda said coldly , all her old resentment flaring up at the woman 's tone . |
| 4 | The had not the least idea that their love was a crime in people 's eyes . |
| 5 | I must confess that I have not the least idea what this phrase could mean in an orthodox Christian context . |
| 6 | She had not the least idea of what she should do next , other than perhaps to fasten the strange garment about her waist . |
| 7 | She had not the least idea what was going on , and she was smiling into the night in enquiry and wonder , her brows arched halfway to laughter , her lips parted in a whimsical welcome to whatever might be pending . |
| 8 | To whom , he had not the least idea . |
| 9 | She opened her mouth and was ready with her invitation that they dine at her hotel , but as the thought that winged in from nowhere that Ven was probably hitting the high spots in Prague that night — and with some lovely Czech lady in tow , she would n't wonder — Fabia , with not the least idea of what a koliba was , promptly did a switch . |
| 10 | If it is sensible to ask this question it has an answer — even though we have not the faintest idea what that answer is — we simply label it ‘ God ’ . |
| 11 | The return to my house is strained by the thought that he still has not the faintest idea where he is going . |
| 12 | Because she had not the faintest idea what she would do if she were right . |
| 13 | Mungo nodded , though he had not the faintest idea what she was talking about . |
| 14 | The financial side was something of a problem to Winnie , who had not the faintest idea what should be charged . |
| 15 | Grunte had not the faintest idea whether she had been or not , but the invitation seemed genuine enough . |
| 16 | In the darkness , under cover of which they had been kissing cuddling so much ( with his hand inside her blouse ) that she had not the first idea what the film was about , he took her hand and guided it down to his lap . |
| 17 | I know how to make it do all kinds of things — including a few that are not in the manufacturer 's manual — but I have not the first idea as to how it actually works . |
| 18 | THE CRUCIAL ELEMENT in Charles Darwin 's theory of evolution was not the general idea that living things did and do evolve , but that the course of evolution is determined principally by natural and sexual selection . |
| 19 | He must be a man now , and she , Cynthia , had not the slightest idea where in the world he was . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've not the slightest idea , ’ Claudia said , turning to face him . |
| 21 | The hon. Gentleman is really behaving disgracefully — — when he accuses British Rail of negligence before an inquiry has even begun , and when he has not the slightest idea of what caused that accident . |
| 22 | The most important one , the one that I started with , remains as opaque as ever : I have still not the slightest idea how or why Summerchild died . |
| 23 | I 've not the foggiest idea where they were now . |
| 24 | Hmm , maybe that 's not the bad idea … |
| 25 | For business lunches , it should be easier , since drinking in the middle of a working day is n't the best idea in any case . |
| 26 | Meeting Jenny the following day at least gave me something else to hang on to , but I still had n't the faintest idea how everyone was going to react . |
| 27 | ‘ I have n't the faintest idea what you mean . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I have n't the faintest idea ! |
| 29 | As you know , I am now in debt to the extent of about 700 gulden and have n't the faintest idea how I am going to support myself , Mamma and your sister on my monthly salary … this is the first time I have got into debt . |
| 30 | I have n't the faintest idea of how to spell auf-wie-der-sein , but that 's the word . |