Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | And I 've heard about the problem on these new Glory models too . ’ |
| 32 | At ten o'clock I put the radio on and heard about the man who 'd escaped from Rampton . |
| 33 | She had heard about the little boy Grégoire — Jean-Paul 's son , so people said . |
| 34 | Has n't he heard about the greenhouse effect ? |
| 35 | After the show the band chill out in the car park , meeting Carpettes from around 16 , who got in on borrowed ID , to those in their mid-20s sucking on roaches who have just heard about the band along with The Charlatans UK ( ! ) and want their logo in felt tip on a T-shirt . |
| 36 | Suppose for example that I am a smoker who has just heard about the dangers of lung cancer . |
| 37 | Have you heard about the Tory moderate who hit the cheerful-looking palmist on the nose ? |
| 38 | HAVE you heard about the dyslexic devil worshipper ? |
| 39 | The pupils have heard about the Jospice — a clinic in Marazan , Honduras , where local nurse Rachel Birch , from St Edward 's parish , works , helping to care for sick and injured people . |
| 40 | He also asked her to keep an eye on his widow because he had heard about the carrying-on with the women-folk . |
| 41 | Footsteps are heard all over the building causing surprise and apprehension and expectancy in those visitors who have heard about the phenomena but have n't experienced it . |
| 42 | ‘ Well , you 've heard about the traces of tranquillisers found in the deceased 's blood ? ’ |
| 43 | Last night England manager Geoff Cooke said he had n't heard about the incident , but confirmed : ‘ We have always said that players who play for England must be aware of the responsibilities that go with that . ’ |
| 44 | You 've heard about the ‘ jitter-bug craze ’ , well once you 've caught the ‘ glitter-bug ’ you 'll be hooked ! |
| 45 | None of them had heard about the recall . |
| 46 | Have you heard about the oui change in Coronation Street ? |
| 47 | Have you heard about The Chokey ? ’ |
| 48 | He has heard about the ‘ Hello curse ’ , where loving couples tell in the glossy how good life is together … and immediately head for a break-up . |
| 49 | I thought you 'd have heard about the accident . |
| 50 | This is expected to be particularly revealing as Mr Camber , a curator at the British Museum before he went to work for Sotheby 's , heard about the hoard from an ex-colleague and became involved in negotiations over it in Switzerland some time before Lord Northampton , presenting himself as the single owner of the treasure , first approached Sotheby 's in 1988 with a view to selling . |
| 51 | The French bank originally heard about the headhunters they had employed by word-of-mouth contact , and BICC had based their choice — perhaps more dangerously — on a review of headhunting firms ' own literature . |
| 52 | If Richard had heard about the old Angevin claim when he began work on a castle within the political orbit of Châtellerault he probably thought it had long since lapsed . |
| 53 | Some members of the school first heard about the ESSE/L Project " on the grapevine " through contacts with one of the Major Project schools , and through the school librarian 's contact with the DCSL . |
| 54 | I had heard about the Dog Man before on my week-long journey from Kirk Yetholm towards Edale — travellers going north had told me as I journeyed south at first that the Dog Man was only three days ahead of me , then two days ahead of me , and then the final group of walkers had told me that it would n't be long before I caught him up . |
| 55 | If it is that I do not , on the grounds that had I heard about the invitation my justification would have been defeated , you have a duty to give some account of why the ( unknown to me ) truth that my wife has refused the invitation does not somehow redress the balance . |
| 56 | ‘ I 'm so sorry , ’ Julia said , thinking of all she had read and heard about the battle at Monte Cassino . |
| 57 | He discovered that 48 per cent of them first heard about the riot from another person , 27 per cent by direct observation and only 26 per cent from media coverage . |
| 58 | I had heard about the new economic empires of the East : Japan , Korea , Taiwan , Singapore , Malaysia … yet it was a surprise to realise how fast these giants are probing their tentacles deep into Sarawak 's ‘ Heart of Darkness ’ . |
| 59 | They have , of course , heard about the Holy Spirit , but have either put it all down to typical ecclesiastical in-talk , or assumed that it was not intended for ordinary folk like themselves . |
| 60 | " You 've heard about the telephone call to Mrs. Bidwell , of course ? " |