Once again his brilliant notion had led to nothing more than nearly getting them killed.

I thought that was a brilliant notion.

And set the flagon near me, that I may moisten my wit to invent some brilliant notion.

Then a most brilliant notion struck him.

Algernon conceived a brilliant notion.

Then it was that occurred to him the brilliant notion of making a clean breast of it to the Dean.

"You must tolerate my less brilliant notions for the sake of variety," said her brother, smiling.