Example sentences of "had only a [adj] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had only a vague idea where the circle was , but nevertheless set off towards it . |
| 2 | We had never seen a soffit ventilator before , and had only a vague idea about dry-verge ridging , but the excellent catalogues and leaflets provided most of the instructions we needed . |
| 3 | But since he had only a vague idea about the length of the Tarvaras day , he could only guess from the position of the sun and the length of the shadows that it was mid to late afternoon . |
| 4 | Sidney was puzzled by Wycliffe 's new line of questioning , and Wycliffe himself had only a vague idea of what he was after . |
| 5 | She had one advantage over him ; he had only a general idea of which shops would interest Garry and his ‘ Mrs Smith ’ , but Claudia knew Dana would make straight for the most exclusive dress shops , and luckily Claudia had a very good idea which one would be at the top of her list . |