Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] idea that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It rejected any idea that an organisation should ever be created to suit the individual characteristics of people . |
| 2 | We have just seen how Kierkegaard rejected any idea that faith could be proved by the appeal to historical argument . |
| 3 | Windeyer J. rejected any idea that mere superiority of position of the defendant was a ground of recovery in the following passage , at p. 142 : |
| 4 | Those who did know him had little idea that he was a dangerous psychotic , who nurtured a deep hatred for his parents . |
| 5 | I still had this idea that my weight was too personal a topic for other people to talk about . |
| 6 | Cos Jung had this idea that the whole the whole of life was a journey towards the discovery of what he called the real self . |
| 7 | I had some idea that the record-player must be in Conchis 's room . |
| 8 | She had some idea that you should never wake a sleep-walker . |
| 9 | Edouard , watching her , wondered if she had any idea that it was too late . |
| 10 | The monopoly was normal practice , and the boundary chosen was intended simply to make sure that the Company did not go east of the Bay into areas claimed by New France ; nobody had any idea that the river system of the Bay gave the Company an area — known as Rupert 's Land after Prince Rupert , the Governor of the Company — that covered millions of square miles to the west . |
| 11 | Well I I I mean there i thinking back , I did n't think at that stage , I hope I 'm right about this , th that I had any idea that Geoffrey Howe was going to resign . |