Example sentences of "had [adj] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | The band had strong ideas about production . |
| 2 | Amalgamated Metal , a ‘ rag bag of commodity trading and industrial activities ' , was quoted , but 51% of the shares were owned by the Patino family , who had strong ideas of what their finance director should be doing . |
| 3 | It was just that he had strange ideas which took him into bad company . |
| 4 | Authorities often had little idea how inspectors were spending their time , the commission reports . |
| 5 | He had little idea as to how far they had come and had lost count of how many times they had fallen . |
| 6 | Frustratingly , however , the IPG was unable to view these publications in advance and so it had little idea as to how useful they would be . |
| 7 | The person was a friend and I knew she was a healer — although , as you will have realised , I had little idea what a healer was or did . |
| 8 | I had little idea at that time of the pernicious nature of cancer . |
| 9 | Several did not understand the curriculum , while teaching staff had little idea of the contracts and conditions of service of support staff ; governors ' perceptions of such things as the cleaning contract were often hazy . |
| 10 | Many of the great men of tenth- and eleventh-century Europe , indeed , had little idea who their ancestors were . |
| 11 | There was nothing wrong in that , except that Eleanor had little idea about the conditions awaiting her on the construction site in Alaska . |
| 12 | She had little idea as to the extent of his amputation and of his various trips back and forth from theatre . |
| 13 | The English response was ineffective : the campaigns of the 1340s and 1350s had been essentially plundering raids , launched into enemy territory from secure bases ; but after 1369 England was thrown on to the defensive in Aquitaine , and she had little idea how to fight a defensive war . |
| 14 | He had happened upon me at the crucial moment : I had little idea of who I was or what I was entitled to from life , let alone what it behoved me to contribute . |
| 15 | But I found I had little idea how to set about producing a crime short story . |
| 16 | Culley felt the anger , but had little idea what he might do about it . |
| 17 | From a local survey they found that many girls of this age were very frightened in labour , which made it worse , and that they had little idea about coping with a tiny baby . |
| 18 | At this stage , the Shah himself had little idea what was being planned , Indeed , he even suspected the British of conspiring with Mossadeq against him . |
| 19 | Dr Neil wanted to tell her to be careful , that she really had little idea of how hard and cruel the world was outside the privileged fastness in which she had previously lived , but he contented himself with saying instead , ‘ Have a good time , McAllister . |
| 20 | Clearly Mrs Downes had little idea what she 'd thought . |
| 21 | Those who did know him had little idea that he was a dangerous psychotic , who nurtured a deep hatred for his parents . |
| 22 | When Adeane left , Charles had definite ideas about the sort of man he wanted to replace him , but it was six months before the right man could be found . |
| 23 | I had brave ideas of taking forever off and immersing myself in motherhood but , after 10 months , I could n't wait to get back , ’ she says . |
| 24 | The first speaker had clear ideas of what constituted quality training . |
| 25 | DIRECTOR Stephen Rawsthorne and writer Steve Chambers had clear ideas what they did n't want to do in turning D.H . |
| 26 | I still had this idea that my weight was too personal a topic for other people to talk about . |
| 27 | But Adam had this idea of phoning his mother to tell her he would n't be back that night . |
| 28 | ‘ When I first moved to LA , I still had this idea of swinging glamour — to be a woman in control but sexy and fun . |
| 29 | ‘ When I first moved to LA , I still had this idea of swinging glamour . |
| 30 | So we had this idea of getting other people to buy it with us . ’ |