Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [art] [adj] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a rough idea in my mind , before going to Portugal , of the approximate shape and design of the picture I wanted to create . |
| 2 | I had a rough idea from the photograph where the site was , but on the ground everything looked different . |
| 3 | I 've got , I , I had a rough idea of what he 'd got and what he had n't now . |
| 4 | ‘ I had a great idea , ’ he burbled . |
| 5 | I had a brilliant idea . |
| 6 | My sister and I had a hazy idea that he sold rabbit skins from a sort of tray suspended from his neck — but as he was always beautifully neat and clean I do n't know where we got this idea from . |
| 7 | I had a vague idea of sounding the newsagent boards for a job , but it was a fine , bright day and I found myself walking , just walking , enjoying the feeling of not being afraid any more . |
| 8 | I had a vague idea of trying to talk to people who knew Puddephat , but I do n't know how to go about it . ’ |
| 9 | Out popped a very strange gentleman from this aircraft that I noticed had American markings , but I still did not know what the aircraft was , I had a vague idea but I was not sure . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I had a good idea what was in that . |
| 12 | I thought I had a good idea of where at least one copy of the novel would certainly be . |
| 13 | But I have to say that at that time I still did n't know , I had a good idea , that it was n't the man we were looking for but therefore he was still arrested and he was arrested on sus well for harbouring an escapee . |
| 14 | One was immense drive for power which I did n't fully understand until I had a better idea of the second quality . |
| 15 | Head of Department : ‘ In 1976 I had a clear idea where I would like to be going : |
| 16 | I had a mad idea that she would be there . |
| 17 | I had a fair idea as to who had done it , and I passed on my suspicions about so-and-so and so-and-so , and asked for something to be done about it . |
| 18 | Then I had a bright idea — why not go home to see if any more rubbish was available . |
| 19 | We 'd made three or four visits to the area to look around before we finally moved down , but I had no real idea what was happening . |
| 20 | Quixotic or not , I had no real idea of where I was going . |
| 21 | ‘ I had no definite idea that a new magazine could be something I could live off . ’ |
| 22 | Of its face I had no clear idea . |
| 23 | A Notts member from 1949–50 , he set himself the task of tracing every man who either had played for the county or gone from there to play for another county : ‘ I had no particular idea of being a historian or publishing anything , and I was n't particularly worried about the Hardstaffs , the Larwoods and the other famous players . |
| 24 | Now I was a man of property , the joint owner of a large house in North Oxford , with investments so extensive I had no detailed idea of their scope and access to current and deposit accounts totalling well into six figures . |
| 25 | Leaks were the flavour of the year in 1983 , but the trouble was that neither Ken Clarke nor I had the first idea what report this was meant to be as there were no plans , secret or otherwise , for privatization . |
| 26 | I had the brilliant idea that both Jamila and Jeeta should run away together , but Jeeta would never leave Anwar : Indian wives were n't like that . |
| 27 | ‘ Guaranteed Not To Split ’ , it said on it — which was just as well as much later I had the initial idea for ‘ Anarchy ’ while messing around on it . |
| 28 | ‘ I had the same idea , ’ Laidlaw said . |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't get much time for reading , ’ said Wilcox , ‘ but I 've a rough idea what he was about . |