Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] have a [adj] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once you have a clear idea of what you have to do , the next thing is to work out how you pay for it . |
| 2 | Once you have a clear idea of the essentials you can decide where to compromise and where you must make an investment . |
| 3 | I did however , have a shaky start with casting on , but I read the instruction book , back to front and upside down until I had a good idea of what I was doing , resulting in two 4-ply cardigans for my eldest two grand-daughters . |
| 4 | One was immense drive for power which I did n't fully understand until I had a better idea of the second quality . |
| 5 | But if you contribute to the world 's culture , if you have a good idea , compose a tune , invent a sparking plug , write a poem , it may live on , intact , long after your genes have dissolved in the common pool . |
| 6 | This may be easier said than done but if you have a clear idea of the purpose of the meeting and have prepared a thorough list of everything you want to know then you must stick to your guns and carry on relentlessly until you have worked your way through it . |
| 7 | You learn best if you have a clear idea of why you are learning something . |
| 8 | Waiting can be quite constructive if you have a clear idea of what you 're waiting for . ’ |
| 9 | It can of course be no more than speculation to consider whether this total concern with instalment size makes people less likely to keep up conscientiously with the payments than they would be if they had a clear idea of their total commitment . |
| 10 | ‘ I do — unless you have a better idea ? ’ |
| 11 | It 's the ‘ turn ’ of a particular hotel or city , or they choose it because they have a vague idea that it might be rather nice to go to Torquay next year , or even — worst of all — because ‘ We 've always had it there' ! |
| 12 | You may need to run through it several times before you have a clear idea of the pitch . |
| 13 | But , as with any archaeological object , such interpretations can be made only when we have a secure idea of when and where a coin was made , and the methods of dating coins and attributing them to mints is therefore discussed first in Chapter 2 , where it will also be seen that the same techniques for dating and attributing coins can sometimes be turned round , using coins to date other objects or to identify places . |