Example sentences of "i [vb base] a [adj] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean a brilliant idea really . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't get much time for reading , ’ said Wilcox , ‘ but I 've a rough idea what he was about . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've a marvellous idea for a game . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | I have a rough idea . |
| 8 | ‘ What is more , sir , ’ his lordship went on , ‘ I believe I have a good idea of what you mean by ‘ professionalism ’ . |
| 9 | But I think I have a good idea . |
| 10 | I think I have a good idea of the kind of property you are looking for . |
| 11 | I have a definite idea of how I want to look . |
| 12 | I have a general idea of what I want to express , but no specific imagery . |
| 13 | ‘ I have a better idea . |
| 14 | If you 'll pardon me , I have a better idea . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | If anyone is into rolling dice I have a nice idea . |
| 17 | I have a wonderful idea for a restaurant … all I need is the money . |
| 18 | But meanwhile , I have a wonderful idea for a restaurant … |
| 19 | ‘ I have a fair idea , yes . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I think I have a fair idea of that . ’ |
| 21 | I ca n't make these decisions on my own , removed from the rest of BBC Radio ; but I have a clear idea of what Radio 3 is about . |