Example sentences of "i [verb] [art] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | I despise the idea and practice of blood sports , but this violent reaction threw up a profile of wildly inconsistent attitudes which puzzles me ; how is it that fox hunting is legal and fishing is the most popular outdoor recreational activity in Britain , yet badger killing invokes a desire for public retribution — lynch mob fever , almost — over and above the punishment of the courts ? |
| 2 | I do n't I 've no idea if they 're adopted or not . |
| 3 | and they , the first prize is a thousand pounds cash , second prize family holiday cottage in the Isle of Mule and third prize holiday cottage in Norfolk and fourth prize holiday apartment in Cumbria and the , I mean the idea is you take a book and try , if you have a place of work or , or friends that will buy raffle tickets er just try and sell them and er , how much are they ? er |
| 4 | I mean the idea of course is to try at some stage and run a trainer trainer 's course , so that we expand the number of people who can who can do the training . |
| 5 | Once I got home I translated the idea into a pressed flower design . |
| 6 | From somewhere I got the idea of going to art college I 'm sure it was because I 'd read about all the rock musicians who 'd started their bands at art colleges — John Lennon and Keith Richards in particular . |
| 7 | I got the idea , of course , from the BMW and Mercedes V12 engines . |
| 8 | That 's where I got the idea . |
| 9 | ‘ I got the idea off the basket lift , ’ explained Mould , showing Endill a messy pile of notes and drawings . |
| 10 | A.Q. : Towards five-thirty this morning , having just got back from the flower market , I was working in the front quarters of my shop when I got the idea I 'd heard a funny noise just outside the window … |
| 11 | " I got the idea once Blackberry had shown us , " he said . |
| 12 | " Nor have I , " said Maurice , quick to disclaim any pretence to superiority , " I got the idea from a postcard someone sent me . |
| 13 | ‘ I have , but he does n't believe there are two of us ; he saw the card you sent me and he thinks I got the idea of a twin from that . |
| 14 | ‘ I got the idea from you in the first place , from your attitude . |
| 15 | We talked about that for a while and that was when I got the idea of using the mud wagon-not just for him but for the McLaren girl too , and just like before I could see myself sitting in it with her . |
| 16 | I got the idea when I was younger and lying in bed . |
| 17 | I got the idea from a book . |
| 18 | ‘ I got the idea he was not talking in terms of weeks but was talking in terms of days , ’ an FBI agent , Bob Ricks , told reporters . |
| 19 | Oh well I got the idea |
| 20 | They can do what they like to me , but I hate the idea of your being messed about … |
| 21 | Anyhow , I hate the idea of just keeping away . |
| 22 | ‘ My darling girl , ’ he said , ‘ much as I hate the idea , we must stop this . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , I hate the idea that noble blood should be more important than anything else . |
| 24 | ‘ I know I should , but I hate the idea . |
| 25 | I hate the idea that only the well-to-do will have the possibility of instrumental teaching ; it refutes everything I believe to be just . |
| 26 | I scrapped the idea of doing the music for it after ten pages . |
| 27 | Fortunately Scotland has always had a fine reservoir of comic talent and so I found the idea of letting a Scottish company loose on these plays totally irresistible . |
| 28 | I 'd had a feeling I 'd seen it before , but I 'd no idea they were that good friends ! |
| 29 | I 'd no idea how he 'd got the invite because it was supposed to be a tournament for the top eight players in the world , and he had n't reached that standard . |
| 30 | ‘ No , no , I 'd no idea , really . ’ |