Example sentences of "[vb infin] the faintest [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The darkness was almost complete now ; she could only see the faintest outline of his features , enough to know that they 'd taken on a hard , determined cast . |
| 2 | I did n't have the faintest idea how this girl could help me but I knew that she was going to try . |
| 3 | I do this not only because the issues are easier to grasp in the case of perception than in the case of voluntary movement , but also because neurophysiologists of movement are less prone to wild claims than neurophysiologists of perception : most of the former would admit that we do not yet have the faintest idea how voluntary activity is able to utilize or over-ride reflex pathways ; how we mobilize so-called ‘ motor programmes ’ when we need them ; or even where in the nervous system voluntary movement is initiated . |
| 4 | No sense of a sharing in the social meaning of what was going on emerges , and we daresay the unfortunate teacher , with whose plight we do indeed sympathize , did not have the faintest idea what was afoot . |
| 5 | And he used to sort of ask you questions you know , sort of sit there and pick on you and if he knew you did n't have the faintest idea what he was going on about he 'd ask you all the more , see , and if you could n't answer it , he used to come up to you , look at you , would n't say nothing , give you this funny look and tell you to get in the next room . |
| 6 | ‘ Young lady , you do n't have the faintest idea what you 're talking about . |
| 7 | ‘ My dearest David — although I do n't have the faintest idea why I should still call you this after what you told me last night — I 've had a long think . |
| 8 | He obviously did n't have the faintest idea it was going on . ’ |
| 9 | He looked embarrassed and said he did n't have the faintest idea . |
| 10 | Besides , how could she crew efficiently when she did n't have the faintest idea of what she was supposed to do ? |
| 11 | ‘ You do n't have the faintest idea what sort of life I lead , do you ? ’ |
| 12 | The Government are dragooning their troops to push the Bill through the House despite the fact that they do not have the faintest idea how they or British Rail will pay for it . |
| 13 | But they were all swamped by the fripperies of the play and by Dame Edith who , as Timothy West says , ‘ did n't have the faintest idea whether she was coming or going ’ . |
| 14 | Who does n't have the faintest clue who he is ? ’ |
| 15 | For an average man , a religious commitment would mean the faintest question mark against his character . |