Example sentences of "idea [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cylinder itself should be positioned on a flat rigid surface : if the floorboards in the airing cupboard are at all uneven or if you need space for access to pipes , it is a good idea to mount it on a small platform . |
| 2 | Once Crispin arrived , I would want to be out and about with him , so I worked till lunch-time , and was rewarded by reaching the half-way mark , and with a new idea to carry me through the next section of the story . |
| 3 | The acceptance of the idea provided him with a curious salve for his guilt . |
| 4 | Choose one with a tape at least 3.5m ( 12ft ) long , marked with both metric and imperial measurements ; it 's a good idea to choose one with a lock so you can take long measurements without the tape coiling up . |
| 5 | We see then that the idea introduces us to a radical gospel which brings an uncomfortable message to our hearts . |
| 6 | So if we get an idea to do something for the residents we do not need to go through endless red tape in order to get it done . |
| 7 | erm it may be erm a a good idea to use it as a erm as a first scheme perhaps to erm to try and er car park and if you look at that at the beginning and just keep it on a on a rolling programme then all that does n't get so enormous er it does n't get such a a large task so maybe if er , but it does need coordinating perhaps we should think about it . |
| 8 | It would also be a good idea to read something by the French dramatist , Molière , their great contemporary , who satirises the hypocrisies of cultivated society ; I recommend Tartuffe about a religious imposter and La Malade Imaginaire , a satire on the medical profession . |
| 9 | The idea hit her like a thunderbolt and she spun round , heading back towards the main entrance , remembering that there was an enquiries desk there . |
| 10 | Her mother said to her , quite seriously , as if this was advice handed down in the family from mother to daughter since time immemorial , her mother said : ‘ It 's always a good idea to keep them on the hop . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It 's always a good idea to keep them on the hop . ’ |
| 12 | Not so Jack , who appeared to have forgotten that it was his idea to invite them in the first place . |
| 13 | Until I had myself out of the frame , it was n't a good idea to drag anyone into the case who was n't there already . |