Example sentences of "[adv] heard [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He uses words like ‘ daft ’ ; phrases and dialogue that are rarely heard in songs but immediately provide flavour . |
| 2 | The familiar mainland gripe of skill shortages is rarely heard in Northern Ireland . |
| 3 | The announcement managed to elevate the NT import to the level of a strategic operating system for DEC , which is embracing it as a ‘ corporate solution ’ , language rarely heard from DEC 's mouth unless it 's talking about VAX/VMS . |
| 4 | Yet , one of the catchwords that has been widely heard in Washington and elsewhere during the run up to the war has been the need to create a democratic environment in the Middle East after the war is over . |
| 5 | I know we have all heard of cases where someone has smoked sixty cigarettes a day and still lived to a ripe old age — but is it really worth taking the chance ? |
| 6 | ‘ Parents have to rely on references to gauge their backgrounds , and we 've all heard of cases when references are forged . |
| 7 | You 've all heard of golf widows . |
| 8 | ‘ You 've all heard of Industry Year , I suppose . |
| 9 | We have all heard of examples of the deepest psychological states being cured with a 6c potency and at the other extreme a 50M being needed for a sprained ankle . |
| 10 | We have all heard of John Ruskin , only a minor artist , but a self-appointed and probably most influential overseer of Victorian aesthetics . |
| 11 | The timetable will need to be agreed with court officials and will be affected by this and also by the fact that petitions are usually only heard on Mondays . |
| 12 | … this may arrive after you have perhaps heard from others . |
| 13 | To the extent that Europeans know of this Oxbridge dominance , my experience is that they regard it with some satisfaction ( they have generally heard of Oxford and Cambridge ) , but that their satisfaction changes to complacency when they reflect upon what they believe to be the uniquely class-ridden structure of English society . |
| 14 | I phoned your office on 6 April and left a message asking you or your colleagues to let me know the position but I have not heard to date . |
| 15 | Helmut had not heard of M. Lévy . |
| 16 | I was told by a Milanese , with a wry smile , that it was as well the prophet had not heard of smog , or that would have been included as well . |
| 17 | Nour had laughed because I had not heard of Herodotus . |
| 18 | ( Today no one would dare propose such a thing , even purely as a thought experiment , but in Schrödinger 's time they had not heard of animal liberation . ) |
| 19 | ‘ Have you not heard of Resenence Jeopardy ? ’ she 'd asked him on the first day of their acquaintance . |
| 20 | Who 's not heard of people cured of the dread |
| 21 | There is hardly a treasure hunter anywhere in the world who has not heard of Charles Garrett , read at least one of his numerous books on the subject , or at one time or another used one of his metal detectors . |
| 22 | The local postman had not heard of John Thaw . |
| 23 | Half those questioned had not heard of SERPS — which might not have been surprising had it not been that most were members of it . |
| 24 | She tipped the cassette box out on the floor and jumbled them all back what she 'd not heard for ages was now at the top . |
| 25 | The legal position in relation to the ag arrangement is uncertain since it is not expressed to provide it for in the will of Mrs who is , who is the very kindly elderly neighbour who is the landlord , but is only contained in a letter of Mrs from whom I have not heard in evidence . |
| 26 | Any cheers that met his statement — which was not heard in silence — were not for the General-Secretary but for his concessions . |
| 27 | The composer , Edward Elgar , for example , needed the solitary paths of the countryside around the Malvern Hills and often spoke of hearing songs and sounds not heard by others . |
| 28 | Hospital emergency wards were struggling to cope with the injured as radio announcers read lists of victims and broadcast anguished appeals from those who had not heard from relatives in the area near the explosion . |
| 29 | Hospital emergency wards were struggling to cope with the injured as radio announcers read lists of victims and broadcast anguished appeals from those who had not heard from relatives in the area near the explosion . |
| 30 | Stephanie Mullins was prevented by bereavement from contributing , and we have not heard from Maurine Rowan or Dorothea Lawson ( Mrs Kay ) . |