Example sentences of "i had [not/n't] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had n't the remotest idea , but I followed the little rails which were used by the tiny railway to carry food up to the dining rooms … |
| 2 | I had n't the least idea where on the head was the best place to hit or how hard it had to be . |
| 3 | I had n't the first idea what she meant . |
| 4 | ‘ For a long time , ’ replied Ray , ‘ I had n't the faintest idea . |
| 5 | I had n't the faintest idea who he was , but he looked jolly . |
| 6 | That was bad enough but what made it worse was that I had n't the faintest idea what was wrong with them . |
| 7 | He said I was just covering up for the fact that I had n't the faintest idea of what was wrong . ’ |
| 8 | Honestly , I had n't the slightest idea what I was going to say as I walked up to you . |
| 9 | I had not the first notion of mechanics , but you with your capable hands worked on the machine until , after running with it , pushing it along , we were able to make the engine tick over again . |
| 10 | ‘ I early found that I had not the literary ability to give me such a place among English authors as I should have desired ; but I thought that I had an opportunity of gaining a knowledge of many of the distinguished men of the age , and that I might do some good by keeping a record of my interviews with them . ’ |
| 11 | Until recently when I went to a conference on security in libraries and other collections I had not the slightest knowledge of the seamy side of that world or any idea that it had one . |
| 12 | I had not the slightest inkling that they would emerge , which is why " emerge " is the right word . |
| 13 | I went to Croke Park and I had not the slightest interest in Protestantism but I did come from a Fermanagh family where you did live cheek by jowl with republicanism so I had imbibed it undoubtedly and it resurfaced , the inherited knowledge of the heart of the controversy in Ulster . |