Example sentences of "[vb past] n't [vb infin] a clue " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frankly , I did n't have a clue . |
| 2 | Noel Malcolm contemplates the disease-ridden days when doctors did n't have a clue and did more harm than good |
| 3 | I looked at him puzzled and said I did n't have a clue what he was talking about . |
| 4 | I did n't have a clue what was happening . |
| 5 | In fact he was using the Parsons-White string bender , the one where you pushed down the neck of the guitar and that moved a mechanism which raised the B-string by a tone , but I did n't have a clue about that . |
| 6 | It just seemed weird to me that we did n't have a clue about the line-up . |
| 7 | ‘ I was world number one and I did n't have a clue about life . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ These days everyone uses computers , and I did n't want to look an idiot if I told people I did n't have a clue how to work one ! ’ |
| 9 | Only a month ago we were told by the Engineering Council that technology lessons under the national curriculum were a ‘ farce ’ — and teachers did n't have a clue what they should be doing in the classroom . |
| 10 | And yesterday Mick did n't have a clue who walked off with his pride and joy . |
| 11 | ‘ But the owner did n't have a clue it was so valuable . ’ |
| 12 | And I just generally did n't have a clue … . |
| 13 | One would think that Sotheby 's might have learned from their oversight five months earlier , but they did n't have a clue again . |
| 14 | Rebuck , now 38 , says that when Philip made the decision to work in advertising , his friends were shocked : ‘ It was the tail-end of the Sixties generation and most of us did n't have a clue about what we would do . |
| 15 | Well , It was a good question and I did n't have a clue to the answer . |
| 16 | ‘ To be honest , at first I did n't have a clue how long I 'd stay , ’ says Bassett , ‘ so I can understand why some locals did n't think I 'd last more than a season or so . |
| 17 | He says he did n't have a clue what he wanted to do when he left school . |
| 18 | I did n't have a clue about anything physical . |
| 19 | It was at this point that I realised ( never having even seen one caught before ) that I did n't have a clue about how to handle one . |
| 20 | At this time I did n't have a clue about fitting this type of equipment and had to pay somebody to do it for me . |
| 21 | She did n't have a clue what she really might do . |
| 22 | If he was already on his way out , she would simply have to find some way of stopping him , though right at this moment she did n't have a clue just what that would be . |
| 23 | She did n't have a clue how to relate to men — or at least not in the way her peers , someone like Mandy , would . |
| 24 | He 'd been so flattered by her unflagging attention , her unflagging efforts to please him , that he did n't have a clue who she was . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't , ’ she told him , a shade edgily it was true , but then , for all he understood , and spoke her language , she still did n't have a clue what he was talking about . |
| 26 | She did n't have a clue the sweet had acid in it . |
| 27 | He taught me a lot about recording in the studio as well , because I did n't have a clue about any of that . ’ |
| 28 | I burst out laughing because all the costermongers in the Whitechapel Road always did whenever they heard that word , although I admit that at the time I did n't have a clue what a virgin was . |
| 29 | She did n't have a clue did she ? |
| 30 | Well I thought the sa I mean eve that last thing they did there the Starlight Express thing , I did n't have a clue what that was about . |