Example sentences of "have a [adv] [adj] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cynics , of course , will have a slightly different idea of the plot . |
| 2 | First is that the parent should have a reasonably good idea of what 's going on . |
| 3 | But if I had to choose a hunter for work in a particular type of country I should have a pretty good idea which would be the best animal to pick , though I might not be able to tell you how I went about it . ’ |
| 4 | After eating dairy produce for a week , you should have a pretty good idea about whether it suited you or not . |
| 5 | If you get into the habit of always checking the prices of furniture you like in shops , sales or auction rooms , you will soon have a pretty clear idea of most values whether antique , second hand , reproduction or modern . |
| 6 | In such a situation the teacher can not choose when to use the programme , and unless it is a rebroadcast , he will only have a very general idea of what the programme will be about or what its language content will be ( vocabulary , grammar , structures , level of difficulty , appropriateness , etc ) . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll show you in a little while , my darling — as if you do n't already have a very good idea ! ’ laughed Maria . |
| 8 | The class teacher will be assessing pupils ' achievement across a range of subjects , and will have a very good idea of the child 's progress and development . |
| 9 | Jan Marsh and Trevor Loomis have found seven National Trust houses where we do have a very clear idea of how women lived and thought . |
| 10 | But they did have a very clear idea of how they wanted the house to look and resigned themselves to living with the mess while they tackled it room by room . |
| 11 | More damaging to the continuity of sessions were the frequent occasions when teachers interrupted themselves , either because they did not have a very clear idea of what they were trying to say , or because their organizational structure was so complicated that they were trying to do too many things at once . |
| 12 | This young American hearer , visiting Stornoway , may have a quite inappropriate idea of the type of object , and the associated behaviour , involved in dealing with a fire in Stornoway forty years before . |
| 13 | One must have a fairly accurate idea of the patient 's weight . |
| 14 | By now you should have a fairly good idea of the possible use of a book . |
| 15 | WHEN President Clinton unveils his plans for the US economy in full today , Americans will already have a fairly clear idea of what faces them . |
| 16 | I was only gon na say we 're , we will probably have a much clearer idea by the time we get to the results . |