Example sentences of "had any idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Henderson asked him three times if he had any idea what a kidney was for . |
| 2 | Mr Henderson asked him three times if he had any idea what a kidney was for . |
| 3 | This deficiency he shared with a whole crew of leaders of third-world or so-called ‘ non-aligned ’ countries , who like him had gained power because they were against foreign rulers , not because they had any idea of what to put in place of foreign rule . |
| 4 | ‘ But at the time I do n't think Kylie or anybody else had any idea of the phenomenal success she would have . |
| 5 | Wondered if he had any idea what force he would have needed to pull the arrow out , like a wooden skewer out of meat . |
| 6 | Understandably , no-one had any idea what had happened in Chiswick , but the truth was soon discovered and , on this occasion , there appeared to be no defence , apart from locating the places from whence they were being fired and subject the launch sites to intensive bombing . |
| 7 | I will not suppose them guilty of a direct intention of striking us , particularly if they had any idea of the danger of such a proceeding , for the cliff rose much more than a hundred feet above us , and even a very small stone would have fatal effect by striking the head . |
| 8 | No-one , except perhaps a few scientists , had any idea of the long-term effects the dropping of these two bombs would have on the unfortunate Japanese — and perhaps even the scientists were unsure . |
| 9 | Until recently , no one had any idea how these effects came about . |
| 10 | Only the children with a smattering of English had any idea what was going on . |
| 11 | Because no one had any idea of how to treat his illness , Moritz was kept in a locked ward for his own and for other patients ' safety . |
| 12 | Edouard , watching her , wondered if she had any idea that it was too late . |
| 13 | ‘ In the beginning , ’ she said , ‘ when these children were uplifted , none of us had any idea what a national scandal we were dealing with . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't think this couple had any idea what was going on , ’ said an arresting officer . |
| 15 | Nor do I think the bank had any idea of the effect its action would have : that it would potentially create a loss for itself and other creditors . ’ |
| 16 | At the time , neither Prue nor Shelley had any idea what sort of reaction they would get . |
| 17 | Neither Mr nor Mrs Kewish had any idea what was in Blea Moor Tunnel but they were both very frightened , their one desire was to get off the train as quickly as possible ! |
| 18 | If the Capellan directors had any idea , they never said . |
| 19 | One wonders if the Captain-General had any idea of the utter impossibility of navigating at 75°S , for on this longitudinal track his ships would be stuck fast in the thick ice-of the Weddell Sea , hemmed in by the unimagined continent and unendurable cold of the Antarctic . |
| 20 | ( Hannah 's work on occupational pensions suggests that employers could seldom conspire , because they seldom had any idea of what they were doing in the area of pension policy . ) |
| 21 | Leeming had written that no member of the party had any idea why they were kidnapped or who the kidnappers were . |
| 22 | The increase in the number of prosecutions did not result , however , in a feeling of sympathy for homosexuals , but rather the feeling , as John Wolfenden expressed it , that ‘ nobody had any idea how much of it there was … but there was an impression that it was increasing ; and there was a feeling that if it was then it ought to be curbed ’ . |
| 23 | The monopoly was normal practice , and the boundary chosen was intended simply to make sure that the Company did not go east of the Bay into areas claimed by New France ; nobody had any idea that the river system of the Bay gave the Company an area — known as Rupert 's Land after Prince Rupert , the Governor of the Company — that covered millions of square miles to the west . |
| 24 | As Fitzgerald said in This Side of Paradise , " None of the Victorian mothers had any idea how casually their daughters were accustomed to being kissed . " |
| 25 | Although this event would signify the end not merely of another king in the nation , but of a dynasty which had so far extended unbroken into prehistory , no one had any idea just when it would take place . |
| 26 | His dog tags had been blown off in the blast and the head wound had severely damaged his memory so that no one had any idea of his identity . |
| 27 | When she explained what the kidnappers were after and asked if he had any idea where or what the document might be , his reply was predictably negative . |
| 28 | It was , in fact , the clearing centre at Le Boulou , but nobody had any idea then where we were or where we were going . |
| 29 | If you had any idea how much I 've got to do before I take over the shop — ’ |
| 30 | I do n't think he had any idea what I meant . |