Example sentences of "have [verb] [adj] idea " in BNC.

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1 Much better news awaits those who may well have dismissed all ideas of Caterham ownership with one thought of the insurance bill .
2 When Michael Marks first wheeled his Penny Bazaar barrow into Leeds Market in 1884 , he can have had little idea that his actions were to one day progress Marks and Spencer to become the nation 's leading retailer .
3 I think in order to support our our response to the Royal Commission , which is imminent , the County Council and the District Council must now have had firm ideas on what they intend to do with parishes .
4 ‘ A good husband would naturally not discuss such things with his wife , but you must have had some idea .
5 She must have had some idea what she was doing . ’
6 Surely you must have had some idea that something was wrong ?
7 Her voice stayed steady , despite feeling sick with anger and humiliation ; ‘ — but I imagine the Cabinet Office must have had some idea as to whether this is going to touch on security within this country . ’
8 I was hoping you may have had some ideas about that . ’
9 Malcolm said OK , but even he ca n't have had any idea what Christopherson intended .
10 None of that small band of men who sat round smoking and drinking their beer or whisky could have had any idea , as they heard Jack vigorously defending the doctrine of hell in nine pages , that the publication of these religious speculations , pieced together at a busy time between giving lectures and examining , was to change his destiny forever .
11 Faldo could n't have had any idea of the tropical storm brewing when he and Norman exchanged birdies at the first two holes .
12 It would still have been very difficult to explain to the Indians that they were selling their land in perpetuity , and of course nobody could have had any idea of the immense flood of immigrants that was going to cross the Atlantic .
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