Example sentences of "idea [prep] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is her idea for impressing on the audience how the powerless feel . |
| 2 | Having always liked the idea of living in the country , Geoff decided to go for a country-style kitchen . |
| 3 | Even if the miracle happened , would she entertain the idea of living in the Shires ? |
| 4 | She was appalled at the idea of living in the ‘ wilds ’ , as she put it . |
| 5 | Yesterday we observed that Mr Jeffrey Archer ( whose idea of canvassing for the Tory Party has revived the lost art of burlesque ) had bet £10 that the Tories will win with a majority of 27 seats . |
| 6 | ‘ Like you and Bud , ’ North wrote to Poindexter , ‘ I find the idea of bartering over the lives of these poor men repugnant . ’ |
| 7 | And the idea of nibbling at the perks of city employees earning ( on average ) under $10,000 a year , while millions are made on Wall Street , plays poorly on the hustings . |
| 8 | I like the idea of learning on the job you know . |
| 9 | Moira Griffin , of Edgecombe Drive , explained that the death of a homeless man had given her the idea of knitting for the people who use the hostel . |
| 10 | The idea of breaking into the Colonel 's den never occurred to me — it was just too plain terrifying . |
| 11 | The idea of dropping into the wing office for a gossip on first name terms would be beyond belief . |
| 12 | He toyed with the idea of reading in the drawing room , but he could hear one of the junior maids moving about in there and decided to go back up to his room instead . |
| 13 | Then she discovered he 'd gone off any idea of tucking into the delights of her home-made lasagne anyway as , without another word , he turned and headed out of the kitchen . |
| 14 | Jubilant , most gave up the idea of protesting in the freezing temperatures again , but approximately 1,000 persisted with their plan . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't like the idea of dying by the law , ’ said Silver . |
| 16 | In the days since her visit to me , her mind had become so used to the idea of walking in the vicinity of birds that it had seemed quite a natural thing to do . |
| 17 | Answer guide : This introduces the idea of arriving at the amount of stock using sales less mark-up , a technique that is often used to produce regular accounts in the retail sector . |
| 18 | A pity you did n't take more examples from Looking Glass & mention the idea of going across the square , in chess , which it is based on . |
| 19 | MRS Thatcher 's friends tell me that she has finally come around to the idea of going to the Lords after the election . |
| 20 | Anna thought the whole idea of going to the police bizarre . |
| 21 | ‘ Your harebrained idea of going to the chap instead of me — ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Ca n't say I 'm too awfully keen on this idea of going for the enemy pilot , ’ Blunt said . |
| 23 | The idea of going into the deserts of the north to found a new religious colony had no attraction for him , and he was beginning to think that , for all the patina of civilisation which he had reassumed , Surere 's years of imprisonment had cost him his reason . |
| 24 | She made her way downstairs with the idea of going into the sitting-room to watch the news . |
| 25 | These doctors have given up the notion of being specialists and of being involved in hospital medicine but the idea of coping with the medical problem is still a potent force in their ideologies . |
| 26 | About the same time , Brailsford , who had toyed with the idea of working for the NCF , judged it more harshly : ‘ a blind alley which won t bring us even infinitesimally nearer to peace . ’ |
| 27 | Perhaps there was some amount of crafty deception here , as he explained to the National Defence Association : ‘ By not insisting on military drill we catch a lot of boys who would otherwise have no idea of coming into the education that we are trying to give . ’ |
| 28 | So , if your man baulks at the idea of trailing around the shops , then this is the competition for you and him . |
| 29 | On 19 August , the Second Army , under General Aleksandr Samsonov , was ordered to advance toward Danzig ( Gdansk ) , with the idea of cutting off the German forces from the River Vistula . |
| 30 | I consider that the idea of charging for The Lifeboat to be very reasonable . |