Example sentences of "be [noun] [unc] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been Dalrymple 's idea to require the clan chiefs to take the oath of allegiance and it became obvious that he had hoped for an opportunity to punish one clan as an example to the others . |
| 2 | The Confederate flag had been Ellen 's idea , to be unfurled whenever we had charterers from the deep South , and this week 's guests were three married couples from Georgia . |
| 3 | Normally the trip to St Tropez would have been Alyssia 's idea , but when , the following morning , Piers suggested it her only reaction was to wince with distaste . |
| 4 | The lino had been Mary 's idea Just as well . |
| 5 | Well , it had been Carson 's idea . |
| 6 | Ruth 's area had been Emma 's idea also . |
| 7 | Cos it 's Sarah 's idea that . |
| 8 | Ultimate natural selection , and this is Darwin 's idea , not Spencer 's . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's Mama 's idea , Elaine , not mine . |
| 10 | One is Einstein 's idea that the effects of gravity can be represented by a space-time that is curved or distorted — ; warped — by the matter and energy in it . |
| 11 | A second feature that we believe must be part of any ultimate theory is Einstein 's idea that the gravitational field is represented by curved space-time : particles try to follow the nearest thing to a straight path in a curved space , but because space-time is not flat their paths appear to be bent , as if by a gravitational field . |
| 12 | This , believe it or not , is Marj 's idea of perfect happiness . |
| 13 | This , believe it or not , is Marj 's idea of perfect happiness . |
| 14 | And though it 's Dave 's idea of bliss |
| 15 | The game had been James 's idea . |
| 16 | this was Isabel 's idea of |
| 17 | It was Denis 's idea that Jack and I should have a medical . |
| 18 | To enter the rally was Faith 's idea , and at the start I intended to fly only part of the trip — home from Egypt in two weeks . |
| 19 | ‘ This trip was Kelly 's idea in the first place . ’ |
| 20 | This was Mait 's idea . ’ |
| 21 | The projected documentary on the exiled Stuarts was Verrall 's idea and he had commissioned William to do the spade-work . |
| 22 | That was Grob 's idea . |
| 23 | The first thing to say about what happened is that it was Dennis 's idea from the start . |
| 24 | It was Letterman 's idea to use the awful journey from the house in the avenue Hoche via Drancy to Auschwitz as a recurring , dreamlike image in the film . |
| 25 | It was Alan 's idea . |
| 26 | ‘ It was Karim 's idea , ’ Jamila said , and swept out of the room . |
| 27 | ‘ It was Karen 's idea to keep the wedding quiet , ’ I went on . |
| 28 | ‘ Pretending I was unattached was Maurice 's idea . |
| 29 | " It was Cowslip 's idea to go and see you this afternoon , so he was the one who went . " |
| 30 | A little family do , it was Sam 's idea . |