Example sentences of "have a better idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can arrange to have it buried in a motorway tonight , unless anybody has a better idea ? ’ |
| 2 | he has a better idea of the total market picture , especially in relation to marketing opportunities between segments of that market , |
| 3 | If I were Harold of Wessex , which I 'm glad I 'm not , I should send a polite embassy soon , preferably under Bishop Ealdred ; to extract the child before someone else has a better idea . |
| 4 | Had he seen a letter from Pope Gregory in AD 601 he 'd have had a better idea of what was happening . |
| 5 | No , I 've had a better idea ! |
| 6 | THE MUDDLES all come from thinking you could have a better idea of God or a worse one or any idea of God at all . |
| 7 | You will also understand yourself more , you will have a better idea of what motivates you . |
| 8 | By that time , we shall have a better idea of what this country wants its accountants to do . |
| 9 | This way you will have a better idea of whether the job will suit you , you avoid wasting your and the interviewer 's time , and you sidestep one possibility of creating a negative impression . |
| 10 | We should then have a better idea about the Gold Cup . |
| 11 | ‘ We will have a better idea tomorrow as to whether he is out of danger but he is looking healthy . |
| 12 | I 'll have a better idea when I can see the background . |
| 13 | ‘ Do you have a better idea ? ’ |
| 14 | Dr Tony Martin , a whale biologist at the Sea Mammal Research Unit in Cambridge , said : ‘ It is marvellous that it 's worked and hopefully people both here and internationally will now have a better idea of how to solve a similar problem . |
| 15 | He had planned the whole scheme and ought to have a better idea than me of what was going to happen . |
| 16 | ‘ They seem to have a better idea of the indie ethic in America , ’ muses Jim . |
| 17 | My only memory of those auditions was that everyone seemed to have a better idea of why they were perfect for each particular part than I did ! |
| 18 | No , wait a minute , I 've a better idea ; she might be able to get Paul to bring them if she can catch him before he leaves for the airport . ’ |
| 19 | Next day he had a better idea , and sent word to Mr Shankar that he would have to go instead . |
| 20 | She had a better idea . |
| 21 | The magistrate was having none of this , however , believing that it would lower the dignity of the law , although the prosecuting counsel had a better idea and asked Mr Gamage if he was equally prepared to be shot in the face . |
| 22 | One was immense drive for power which I did n't fully understand until I had a better idea of the second quality . |
| 23 | Rostov thought of asking if his aide had a better idea , but Yuan only nodded again and stepped aside . |
| 24 | Then Neva had a better idea ; she looked up to heaven and saw the mighty sun travelling across the sky overhead , darting his gold rays down like arrows . |
| 25 | The Lord Jesus had a better idea . |
| 26 | I think he got on er , quite well down there , because he 'd spent a few days up here he had a better idea of what he wanted to ask , and what he wanted to talk about and so on , but erm , only because his deadline 's and |
| 27 | ‘ We now have a better idea how to control these animals , ’ says Dr Friedemann Koster , director of the Charles Darwin Research Station . |
| 28 | ‘ I have a better idea . |
| 29 | If you 'll pardon me , I have a better idea . |
| 30 | Desperately she sought for an excuse , anything not to have to face his mother 's frosty manner again , but before she could think of anything he said , ‘ On second thoughts , I have a better idea . ’ |