Example sentences of "heard [noun] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps he had heard mention of the reproductive cycle . |
| 2 | The variety of sound produced by different species is enormous and amazing to anyone who has only heard frogs of the temperate regions . |
| 3 | I remember some years ago being called by a man who told me he had just now heard things for the first time in the Beethoven Fifth . |
| 4 | One of the qualifications for being a Tory is that you can make comments like ‘ adverse comment ’ about a cut of this sort erm and remember that you have heard representations of the strongest sort from very well documented people who are going to be affected by these cuts . |
| 5 | I 've heard members from the other side say money does n't matter this is democracy . |
| 6 | Born in 1844 to a family noted for its piety and scholarship , Lazarus had decided to emigrate to Canada in 1869 , having heard reports of the young country 's potential : its federation was then but two years old . |
| 7 | Darwin had heard reports from the native Gouchos in Patagonia of a very rare ostrich-like bird , which they called ‘ Avestruz Petise ’ . |
| 8 | One of the more commonly heard complaints against the existing management structure from top athletes is that its detachment from the road race scene leaves management ill-equipped to make selection decisions for road races in major internationals . |
| 9 | ‘ I expect you 've heard rumours about the purpose-built radio station that 's been planned . |