Amy and Anna had no idea that I did not mean to go with them to Aunt Catherine's, and oh, papa, what do you think I did?
She had no idea that it was of any value, but, in fact, at the moment of her receiving it the money was in the bank.
Now I have an idea thatthere is better wine in the second tier, than in the one thou hast recommended.
That's a good child; well then, I have an idea that my two nieces are followed by some of the gay cavaliers, who saw them at Madrid, and I wish you to find out if it is true.
Mr Oxbelly had noidea that he was otherwise than in good condition, although he had probably not seen his knees for years.
It's very strange that Mrs Oxbelly has an idea that she is not large.
She's got an idea that if I do I'll start talking nonsense, as I used to do the first year after the children were lost.
He said that she'd got an idea that I was shy and poetic, and I'd only shown myself the usual sort of Bush-whacker.
I had an idea thathe wasn't a selector at all, only a 'dummy' for the squatter of the Cobborah run.
The President declared he never had an idea that he could bind Congress against declaring war, or that any thing contained in his proclamation could look beyond the first day of their meeting.
A handle has been made of this, to disseminate an idea that this is an institution, not merely of no religion, but against all religion.
He would endeavour to work the money out of Dolly Longestaffe;--and he entertained an idea that though it would be impossible to get cash from Miles Grendall, he might use his claim against Miles in the city.
He had never said a civil word of her in his paper;--but still she had an idea that it was well to be on good terms with so great a power.
Even Montague did not beguile himself into an idea that he was really a director in a company to be employed in the making and working of a railway.
Since almost the moment I first saw it I've had an idea that it was waiting for me.
It was my idea that no man could track me in here.
I conceived an idea that I never mentioned--I thought she was at heart more Gentile than Mormon.
But yet he had come to entertain an idea that Mrs. Finn had been the great promoter of the sin, and he thought that Tregear had told him that that lady had been concerned with the matter from the beginning.
Was there not an idea that Mr. Boncassen would be the next President?
Whilst she is doing something, she can chat freely, but the moment her hands are not occupied she gives me an idea that she is going into a fit.
I had an idea that I ought to congratulate him, but it seemed a brutal thing to do.
Gilray had an idea that it would have been the proper thing to leave Molesey when she said "No;" and he would have done so had not the barbel-fishing been so good.
At the time, however, the plot enraged me, for the lady conceived the absurd idea that I had sent Pettigrew to her.
How on earth that man of yours ever got an idea that it was St. Augustine beats me.
He has anidea that whenever a man gets anything new it ought to be taxed, and he is always on hand to perform the service.
I know some people have an idea that it's wrong to fix up your milk with chalk.
Mrs. Tarrant had an idea that she (Mrs. Tarrant) liked to study people, and that she was now engaged in an analysis of Miss Chancellor.
He was much at his ease, plainly, beneath the roof of the Tarrants, and Olive reflected that though Verena had told her much about him, she had not given her the idea that he was as intimate as that.
It was also Nancy's idea that, there being no strictly masculine bit of martyrdom to give to Gilbert, he should polish the silver for his share.
This was an idea that proved so unpopular with Gilbert that it was speedily relinquished.
It was Nancy's idea that she, Gilbert, and Kathleen should all be so equally polite to Cousin Ann Chadwick that there should be no favorite to receive an undue share of invitations to the Chadwick house.
I can believe it; but I've an idea that Mr. Grant is not the only person to whom thanks are due.
It was impossible to see, because the thick hat was still over his face and somebody held it fast, but he had an idea that three or four men had fallen upon him.
Though he was still troubled now and then by an idea that he was wasting his time and making a poor use of such abilities as he possessed, it was pleasant to feel that, within certain limits, he could do exactly as he wished.
He had an idea that he would escape, though he admitted that it was more optimistic than rational.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "idea that" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
