Example sentences of "idea [Wh det] [pers pn] is " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Mr Brown 's remarks reveal he has no idea what he is talking about .
2 But although we may be confident that a gradient exists , and influences subsequent development , we usually have no idea what it is a gradient of , and rather little idea of how genes are actually switched on and off .
3 The NSA is now so large , so complex , and so secret that no one in America , least of all the president or Congress , has any idea what it is doing or how sensibly the taxpayers ' money is being spent .
4 ‘ Any idea what it is Mr Connors ? ’ ventured Lofty .
5 You have no idea what it is like to have to bear a child .
6 ‘ Any idea what it is ? ’ said Angalo .
7 Only a few of them have any idea what it is like for school to be a persistent diet of boredom , incomprehension and failure .
8 ‘ Ah wonder if she has any idea what it is all about .
9 ‘ There is something more , ’ he said to himself , ‘ something mysterious , but I have no idea what it is . ’
10 The public will see immediately that Labour has no idea what it is going to do — but perhaps that is Labour 's chosen method : perhaps the idea is to introduce a tax that is completely incomprehensible .
11 ‘ You have no idea what it is all about ? ’ she asked .
12 ‘ Have you any idea what it is ? ’ said Sacco .
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