Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've heard [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm Magistrates only send people to prison because they feel the circumstances of the case justify it and erm I think in the public mind erm the criticism is more often the reverse , that Magistrates are too soft , and I 've heard Lord Hailsham say more than once that if we do pay a price for the lay magistrate system it is leniency because what happens , and the difference between the lay magistrate system and the stipendiary system or the Crown Court system is that Magistrates do sit in threes , and what that tends to do is lead to compromises in sentence because discussion between three people irons out extreme views and you do tend to end up with a very well considered compromise view , which probably does tend to be more lenient than a sentence imposed by any one person who might himself take a very serious view of the circumstances . |
| 2 | Oh , well yes , I do , and I 'm sure Susy in fact I 've heard Susy doing it and I do n't know about Joanna . |
| 3 | I 've heard members from the other side say money does n't matter this is democracy . |
| 4 | ‘ I think I 've heard Mark say it before , Father , ’ she replied Eleven times to be exact , she added savagely , under her breath . |
| 5 | At Cley Marshes , I 've heard booming , but the bird tantalisingly remained hidden . |
| 6 | I 've heard things about you that make my stomach turn ! |
| 7 | I 've heard bits and pieces that someone overheard a conversation with your Malcolm Laycock but I have n't heard anything since . |
| 8 | I 've heard mothers enquiring why their little daughter has n't come home . |
| 9 | I 've heard bottles rattling early in the morning but I , sort of one o'clock , two o'clock but I had n't |
| 10 | I 've heard name before but I do n't know who he is cos I were n't watching it , I were upstairs , I 've only just come Hey guess what ! |
| 11 | Indeed , I 've heard whispers about a patch of coastline in Scotland said to hold gold dust among its sand grains . |
| 12 | I mean I 've heard representatives for County Council th this week saying that er as far as they were concerned th the standards were n't sufficiently low yet for them t to take action . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've heard people talking about Chris De Burgh 's new album — first one for three years — and Springsteen — first one for five years . |
| 14 | I 've heard people say it 's great for roses . ’ |
| 15 | I 've heard people say disparaging things about my looks — a narrowness of shoulder , thinness of face , pointedness of nose . |
| 16 | Ooh yes , definitely , definitely yes , I would say you , you know nobody ever expected they could get this far and I , I 've heard people say this , you know . |
| 17 | Parents are now having second thoughts : ‘ I 've heard people saying they would n't have chosen to put their children in school , but their friends were going for it and they were afraid they would miss out , ’ she said . |
| 18 | Now I 've heard people |
| 19 | But I mean I think the feeling of the the miners were out for a year I mean time and time again I 've heard people say , Oh how d how do they do it and look at the money they 're sending us and look at what they 're doing for us and how ho . |
| 20 | I 've heard people |
| 21 | I 've heard people say that erm er software writers have certain individual styles . |
| 22 | What about Port Vale I 've heard people say they used to be a hard team to play . |
| 23 | When they changed the deep litter did it erm I 've heard folks say that it actually affected the hens that they that they went cannibal and |
| 24 | ‘ Well , no — that is , I 've heard Liddy say they do , but … |
| 25 | ‘ I 've heard tales about old Mosse : how he let anyone and everyone in . |
| 26 | Er I 'm sorry , I wa I was n't gon na come in on this but er I 've heard rubbish from Mr and I 'd like to ask a question . |
| 27 | I 've heard rumours round the place that Philip does n't like his boy . |
| 28 | I 've heard rumours about trouble in the mining colonies . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 've heard Astorre say that too . |
| 30 | I 've heard ticks can carry a nasty disease which can affect humans as well as dogs . |