Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a good idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I had a good idea what was in that . |
| 3 | I thought I had a good idea of where at least one copy of the novel would certainly be . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | One was immense drive for power which I did n't fully understand until I had a better idea of the second quality . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ What is more , sir , ’ his lordship went on , ‘ I believe I have a good idea of what you mean by ‘ professionalism ’ . |
| 8 | But I think I have a good idea . |
| 9 | I think I have a good idea of the kind of property you are looking for . |
| 10 | ‘ I have a better idea . |
| 11 | If you 'll pardon me , I have a better idea . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Do you have a better idea ? ’ |
| 14 | She had a good idea but did it matter ? |
| 15 | She had a good idea of what this revelation was going to be , and was even beginning to enjoy their discomfiture . |
| 16 | There had been a very masculine intention to punish in those dark eyes and she had a good idea what the punishment would have been . |
| 17 | She had a good idea of what the envelope would contain , and she was already feeling faintly irritated . |
| 18 | She had a better idea . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Multiply me several times and you have a good idea of the sort of coverage this author of PN 's Trivial Pursuits column and Harvey Porlock of the Sunday Times will get . |
| 21 | ‘ I do — unless you have a better idea ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ We know how your leaks happened and we have a good idea where the information ends up . |
| 23 | ‘ They have a good idea who they are after and now they are looking for evidence to back it up . ’ |
| 24 | he has a better idea of the total market picture , especially in relation to marketing opportunities between segments of that market , |
| 25 | Next day he had a better idea , and sent word to Mr Shankar that he would have to go instead . |
| 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 | He had a good idea of what was coming . |
| 28 | He 'd watch them quietly ; and he often told me how he had a good idea where they 'd been taking their honey : if they came to their hives low , they 'd most likely have come off a field of clover . |