Example sentences of "have a [adj] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We now have a better idea how to control these animals , ’ says Dr Friedemann Koster , director of the Charles Darwin Research Station . |
| 2 | ‘ I have a better idea . |
| 3 | If you 'll pardon me , I have a better idea . |
| 4 | Desperately she sought for an excuse , anything not to have to face his mother 's frosty manner again , but before she could think of anything he said , ‘ On second thoughts , I have a better idea . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I do — unless you have a better idea ? ’ |
| 6 | If anyone is into rolling dice I have a nice idea . |
| 7 | We at least have a subjective idea of what an echo is , but we have almost no subjective idea of what it might be like to perceive an electric field . |
| 8 | It 's the ‘ turn ’ of a particular hotel or city , or they choose it because they have a vague idea that it might be rather nice to go to Torquay next year , or even — worst of all — because ‘ We 've always had it there' ! |
| 9 | Now that you have a vague idea what is going on , you could be forgiven for throwing up your hands in disgust and letting them all get on with it . |
| 10 | Secondly make sure that you are not interrupted during the meeting and have a rough idea about the format which the interview should follow . |
| 11 | 70 have a rough idea — and 10 would settle for something totally wrong . |
| 12 | Now you have a rough idea of your foot type , what do you look for ? |
| 13 | We have a rough idea ( although we may be mistaken ) of the rate at which new stars form ; we suspect that many , if not most , of them have planets — and so on until we come to the question about how long our ‘ ideal ’ technological civilization might expect to endure , to which any answer must be the most unfounded of guesses . |
| 14 | I have a rough idea . |
| 15 | I have a definite idea of how I want to look . |
| 16 | The majority of potential users of desktop publishing systems have a definite idea of what they want to do with the system ; publish a newsletter , produce catalogues , spruce up company reports , etc . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ Most people have a jaundiced idea of sermons as boring and not worth listening to . |
| 18 | ‘ What is more , sir , ’ his lordship went on , ‘ I believe I have a good idea of what you mean by ‘ professionalism ’ . |
| 19 | But if you contribute to the world 's culture , if you have a good idea , compose a tune , invent a sparking plug , write a poem , it may live on , intact , long after your genes have dissolved in the common pool . |
| 20 | But I think I have a good idea . |
| 21 | Multiply me several times and you have a good idea of the sort of coverage this author of PN 's Trivial Pursuits column and Harvey Porlock of the Sunday Times will get . |
| 22 | Additionally the right qualification ensures that employers have a good idea of an individual 's capabilities . |
| 23 | You probably have a good idea of the atmosphere you want to create in your kitchen , and you will find some simplified pointers to style on the following pages . |
| 24 | ‘ We know how your leaks happened and we have a good idea where the information ends up . |
| 25 | have a good idea of what they were doing next , next summer or whatever , yeah right right , otherwise Edinburgh , erm everything is in place for the festival descriptions , well everything 's in place like curtain up for the Lyceum description , last weekend |
| 26 | ‘ They have a good idea who they are after and now they are looking for evidence to back it up . ’ |
| 27 | I think I have a good idea of the kind of property you are looking for . |
| 28 | I have a general idea of what I want to express , but no specific imagery . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , we have a general idea , Mr Dillon , ’ Paula replied tartly . |
| 30 | The other thing is that they have a general idea of what Osman wants so they do n't bother about instructions , they just go out and do it . ’ |