Example sentences of "have a clue " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took it all for granted , and would never have a clue just how blessed he was . |
| 2 | Until they play against teams of the quality of Italy and Yugoslavia , we shall not have a clue . |
| 3 | There is no point in complaining ; they may try to mollify you in their irritatingly good English , but they will not have a clue what you are so anxious about . |
| 4 | In such circumstances one particular recipe takes over , which Easton 's section police call ‘ bluff ’ : ‘ Even though you might n't have a clue , you bluff your way through . ’ |
| 5 | They probed and measured and cross-questioned Phoebe in the most condescending manner , made worse by the fact that they clearly did not have a clue as to what might have happened . |
| 6 | ‘ Maggie darling , I do n't have a clue what happened last night , but I think you do . ’ |
| 7 | They do n't have a clue what maintenance of buildings is all about . |
| 8 | Neither Brunswick Brothers AS from Docklands or Tile Kiln AS from Hackney will have a clue where the venue for the match is until they actually arrive . |
| 9 | Men would n't have a clue ! |
| 10 | Frankly , I did n't have a clue . |
| 11 | Noel Malcolm contemplates the disease-ridden days when doctors did n't have a clue and did more harm than good |
| 12 | I looked at him puzzled and said I did n't have a clue what he was talking about . |
| 13 | Diver or something , honest-to-god I do n't have a clue what they actually do up there , do n't ask me — anyway , seems This Chap had Two Boys , one teenage , the other growing out of anoraks faster than look-at-you so She put pressure on him . |
| 14 | The main trouble with ‘ doing it yourself ’ is that many of us do not have a clue where to start . |
| 15 | I did n't have a clue what was happening . |
| 16 | In fact he was using the Parsons-White string bender , the one where you pushed down the neck of the guitar and that moved a mechanism which raised the B-string by a tone , but I did n't have a clue about that . |
| 17 | It just seemed weird to me that we did n't have a clue about the line-up . |
| 18 | I mean , did n't you have a clue ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I was world number one and I did n't have a clue about life . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ These days everyone uses computers , and I did n't want to look an idiot if I told people I did n't have a clue how to work one ! ’ |
| 21 | Only a month ago we were told by the Engineering Council that technology lessons under the national curriculum were a ‘ farce ’ — and teachers did n't have a clue what they should be doing in the classroom . |
| 22 | And yesterday Mick did n't have a clue who walked off with his pride and joy . |
| 23 | ‘ But the owner did n't have a clue it was so valuable . ’ |
| 24 | More than half those polled for Woman 's Own reckoned the ECU was anything from toothpaste to an exotic animal , while 90 per did not have a clue what ERM stood for . |
| 25 | And I just generally did n't have a clue … . |
| 26 | JUST AS the world succumbed to the vile peace and love mumblings of ‘ Sgt Pepper ’ and San Francisco flower-in-the-hair wearers , former session hack Lou Reed , art bod John Cale and friends teamed up with foghorn-voiced German model Nico and made the album without which no-one from The Jesus And Mary Chain to Ride would have a clue . |
| 27 | One would think that Sotheby 's might have learned from their oversight five months earlier , but they did n't have a clue again . |
| 28 | Rebuck , now 38 , says that when Philip made the decision to work in advertising , his friends were shocked : ‘ It was the tail-end of the Sixties generation and most of us did n't have a clue about what we would do . |
| 29 | No , I do n't think most of parents would have a clue what you 're talking about ! |
| 30 | I mean so even something 's like this on the organic , you might not have a clue what polyethylene is or polypropylene or anything else , but you can read the pie chart and work out what what 's going on . |