Example sentences of "to have a [adv] [adj] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You seem to have a rather inflated idea of your own attractions , Mr Sterne , ’ she muttered , scarlet-faced , kicking her suitcase towards the door , and reaching cautiously behind her for the latch . |
| 2 | ‘ They seemed to have a pretty good idea about what it might be . |
| 3 | Yes , it 's it 's he is supposed to be finding out whose whose whose getting the British Council Programme , but the Eurostep people to know ought to have a pretty good idea of all the Eurostep receivers . |
| 4 | Until the last few years , the thought that one might have microscopic techniques sensitive enough to actually see tiny changes in the structure of neurons and their synapses as a result of learning seemed improbable — to start with , one would need to have a very good idea where to look and what to measure in the brain . |
| 5 | Try not to do it as you go , I mean , try to have a very definite idea in your mind what you want to do cos otherwise , you know , you start off , you 've painted half of it grey and think oh do n't like it like this bit ! |