Example sentences of "[verb] to hear it from " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I want to hear it from you . |
| 2 | Turning back to the landlord , Giles Aplin said , ‘ I already know the name of the man who gave you this watch — but I want to hear it from your lips — and I want the truth . ’ |
| 3 | She was still trying to cope with what she was beginning to realise was her over-reaction , though she could n't have said quite why she should feel so alarmed , when he told her coolly , ‘ You misunderstand me , Miss Everett , ’ and was on his feet too as , looking arrogantly down at her , he stated bluntly , ‘ Should I ever be so lucky as you suggest , then , be sure of it , I 'd throw away my rabbit 's foot , ’ and having forthrightly left her under no illusion but that should he ever get saddled with her then he would consider his luck had run out , he went on toughly , ‘ I already know the answer , but , for the record , I want to hear it from you — are you just playing around with Travis for the pure hell of it — or , ’ his voice had taken on a grim edge , ‘ are you in love with him ? ’ |
| 4 | This is not always easy ; we become skilled at using professional jargon and expect to hear it from others , but if we believe that people who use services should be involved in planning , then it is important that the language we use can be understood . |
| 5 | And he did want to hear it from her mouth . |
| 6 | I had often wondered this myself , but I did n't want to hear it from her . |
| 7 | When I come out , it 's you and me again , and he 's going to have to hear it from me . |
| 8 | ‘ Because I prefer to hear it from your mouth . ’ |
| 9 | I had to hear it from Kevin 's mum . " |
| 10 | She had to hear it from his own lips , even if it meant that part of her died . |
| 11 | a point at the moment , with the life of the county , I think that we should great potential and great opportunity available to us , and I do hope that all members will er , and I 've written to all our members of parliament with a copy of my letter , er , I had I 've had er , I know it 's been the Christmas period , and that they 're only just getting back into things , and there 's been a lot of diversions at length , and I do have a letter from , er I heard from er , Edward , er , Mr Edward Lee , and and , I still have to hear it from er , the rest of them . |
| 12 | I wanted her to fill me in on the blank spots , and I wanted to hear it from her , not anybody else . |
| 13 | but I need to hear it from them . |