Example sentences of "[adv] have [art] [adj] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then driving to the house in Donegal in her pea-green Polo Fox ( ‘ I did n't choose the colour , it was a present from my daddy ’ ) she admitted , with amusement , she did not have a real idea what Parr did , and did not care a jot . |
| 2 | You will not be able to find out all you need to know if you do not have a clear idea before you go into the interview of : |
| 3 | It is as bizarre to suppose that I do not have a clear idea of a particular causal circumstance , say the one which gives rise to a query on the console of my computer , when I am unable to enumerate its elements . |
| 4 | No sense of a sharing in the social meaning of what was going on emerges , and we daresay the unfortunate teacher , with whose plight we do indeed sympathize , did not have the faintest idea what was afoot . |
| 5 | The Government are dragooning their troops to push the Bill through the House despite the fact that they do not have the faintest idea how they or British Rail will pay for it . |
| 6 | In 1977 , when I joined the organization , it was more than apparent that the other women did not have the remotest idea about women 's liberation , felt that doing the cooking for men was their political contribution , etc . |
| 7 | In other words , not only do we not have in front of us an exact cost for the works that are being voted through in this Bill — we have to go on the basis of an outdated figure of £1.4 billion , which is in itself an enormous amount — but the Government are saying that they do not have the foggiest idea whether the amount involved will accord with their investment criteria . |
| 8 | I assured him that I did not have the slightest idea where the Derby Cup was and had not made away with it . |
| 9 | Most of you , however , will already have a good idea of where you would feel most secure . |
| 10 | You may already have a good idea , when planning your new kitchen , of the type of operation you want , but unless you have previous experience of designing a kitchen , there could be problems in store . |
| 11 | The offeror should always have a clear idea of the maximum price he wishes to pay and stick to it . |
| 12 | You must also have a clear idea of why you want such a system . |
| 13 | Dr Tony Martin , a whale biologist at the Sea Mammal Research Unit in Cambridge , said : ‘ It is marvellous that it 's worked and hopefully people both here and internationally will now have a better idea of how to solve a similar problem . |
| 14 | In the past 30 days you have been training your body to work at its optimum potential ; and you will now have a good idea of what you can achieve by using the Walking Diet recipes and aerobic walking . |
| 15 | I 'm not sure she does n't have a funny idea that if she waits long enough people will drift back again , perhaps even Durance . |
| 16 | Unless people are free to say ‘ I do n't think it 's good enough ’ , ‘ I do n't feel as if I 'm doing a good enough job ’ , and ‘ I do n't have a clear idea of how to do it better ’ , teacher-generated and teacher-appropriated change will not happen . |
| 17 | She was worried that she would n't have an accurate idea of what she ate if she just picked and nibbled . |
| 18 | I can do that , probably a number of other people can do it too , but the vast majority would n't have the remotest idea what to listen for or know how it is done . |
| 19 | Letting me think that you slept with so many men you did n't have the first idea who the father was ! ’ |
| 20 | Robyn clutched the receiver and found she did n't have the first idea of what she would say when he answered it . |
| 21 | I did n't have the faintest idea how this girl could help me but I knew that she was going to try . |
| 22 | And he used to sort of ask you questions you know , sort of sit there and pick on you and if he knew you did n't have the faintest idea what he was going on about he 'd ask you all the more , see , and if you could n't answer it , he used to come up to you , look at you , would n't say nothing , give you this funny look and tell you to get in the next room . |
| 23 | ‘ Young lady , you do n't have the faintest idea what you 're talking about . |
| 24 | ‘ My dearest David — although I do n't have the faintest idea why I should still call you this after what you told me last night — I 've had a long think . |
| 25 | He obviously did n't have the faintest idea it was going on . ’ |
| 26 | He looked embarrassed and said he did n't have the faintest idea . |
| 27 | Besides , how could she crew efficiently when she did n't have the faintest idea of what she was supposed to do ? |
| 28 | ‘ You do n't have the faintest idea what sort of life I lead , do you ? ’ |
| 29 | But they were all swamped by the fripperies of the play and by Dame Edith who , as Timothy West says , ‘ did n't have the faintest idea whether she was coming or going ’ . |
| 30 | I said , ‘ I do n't have the slightest idea . ’ |