Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a [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 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't get much time for reading , ’ said Wilcox , ‘ but I 've a rough idea what he was about . |
| 21 | It makes me cough a bit because when I came on the scene he was the one academically everything and she was the one who was academically rather disadvantaged but she , she was , you know , no not having the greatest of , of , of success but erm it was said that she would n't be able to be a student nurse because she was n't bright enough but you know she clocked up the O levels and A levels like guide badges and she went off on this pre-nursing course in South Notts you know and she was in and out of the Queens on a course and people and , you know , and she said I do n't know all the answers but I 've a rough idea about some of the questions , I want to be a nurse and off she went to , to , to Walsall and I 'm not saying she 's a brilliant student nurse but erm absolutely clear that she 's better than some of the others . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've a marvellous idea for a game . ’ |
| 23 | I 've a fair idea , ’ and here he smiled a benign leer which long ago Mary had learned to repulse but still — unawares — could cause her to coil up in herself in shame , ‘ they 've come here express to see the Beauty . ’ |
| 24 | I have a rough idea . |
| 25 | ‘ What is more , sir , ’ his lordship went on , ‘ I believe I have a good idea of what you mean by ‘ professionalism ’ . |
| 26 | But I think I have a good idea . |
| 27 | I think I have a good idea of the kind of property you are looking for . |
| 28 | I have a definite idea of how I want to look . |
| 29 | I have a general idea of what I want to express , but no specific imagery . |
| 30 | ‘ I have a better idea . |