Example sentences of "had a [adj] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a brilliant idea . |
| 2 | Then Pat and George had a brilliant idea . |
| 3 | I had a rough idea in my mind , before going to Portugal , of the approximate shape and design of the picture I wanted to create . |
| 4 | I had a rough idea from the photograph where the site was , but on the ground everything looked different . |
| 5 | They had a rough idea of when the murder took place from the state of the body — not exact , but within a day or two . |
| 6 | I 've got , I , I had a rough idea of what he 'd got and what he had n't now . |
| 7 | They had a vague idea where the place was . |
| 8 | Everyone had a vague idea of what it meant but none could precisely have defined it . |
| 9 | Artemis had a vague idea as to what accidents were . |
| 10 | I had a vague idea of sounding the newsagent boards for a job , but it was a fine , bright day and I found myself walking , just walking , enjoying the feeling of not being afraid any more . |
| 11 | He already had a vague idea of how Dame Frances had been killed and , sniffing carefully at it , caught the foulsome stench of burnt animal fat . |
| 12 | Penelope hardly knew which to choose after this , but decided on brandy ; she had a vague idea that for women port was a rather low-class drink , since they did not — perhaps could not — appreciate it in the rather ritualistic way that men did . |
| 13 | I had a vague idea of trying to talk to people who knew Puddephat , but I do n't know how to go about it . ’ |
| 14 | Out popped a very strange gentleman from this aircraft that I noticed had American markings , but I still did not know what the aircraft was , I had a vague idea but I was not sure . |
| 15 | My sister and I had a hazy idea that he sold rabbit skins from a sort of tray suspended from his neck — but as he was always beautifully neat and clean I do n't know where we got this idea from . |
| 16 | Her brothers had a grand idea , though . |
| 17 | He had a good idea of what was coming . |
| 18 | I did however , have a shaky start with casting on , but I read the instruction book , back to front and upside down until I had a good idea of what I was doing , resulting in two 4-ply cardigans for my eldest two grand-daughters . |
| 19 | She had a good idea but did it matter ? |
| 20 | Their intentions were oblique and somewhat vague , but Klein already had a good idea about the subject to be discussed . |
| 21 | I had a good idea what was in that . |
| 22 | He 'd watch them quietly ; and he often told me how he had a good idea where they 'd been taking their honey : if they came to their hives low , they 'd most likely have come off a field of clover . |
| 23 | She had a good idea of what this revelation was going to be , and was even beginning to enjoy their discomfiture . |
| 24 | There had been a very masculine intention to punish in those dark eyes and she had a good idea what the punishment would have been . |
| 25 | I thought I had a good idea of where at least one copy of the novel would certainly be . |
| 26 | She had a good idea of what the envelope would contain , and she was already feeling faintly irritated . |
| 27 | But I have to say that at that time I still did n't know , I had a good idea , that it was n't the man we were looking for but therefore he was still arrested and he was arrested on sus well for harbouring an escapee . |
| 28 | The company had a good idea of the saleability and value of Nerco 's oil and gas interests , he said . |
| 29 | I say the erm missile go up , snake up , and then explode and hit the other missile , and I kind of had a good idea right away that , you know , it was a patriot launch , because it was erm very impressive , and erm my confidence in the patriot is extremely high . |
| 30 | The back row were swifter to the loose ball , had a clearer idea of what to do with it when they got there , and their impressive half-backs were given every opportunity — which they eagerly took — to control the game . |