Example sentences of "heard [det] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're just about to leave Sian by air for Nanking , and we 've just heard that a bevy of Brit . |
| 2 | So loud are these calls that a single insect can be heard half a kilometre away and a chorus of them can set a whole forest ringing and echoing . |
| 3 | Meredith was determined to show him that she could do without arrogant bankers who 'd heard half a story and jumped to the wrong conclusions . |
| 4 | The explosion was heard half a mile away . |
| 5 | Not since Brian Hayes at his peak have we heard such a master of the phone-in put-down . |
| 6 | Next thing there was a screech like a stuck pig — never heard such a row . |
| 7 | I had not heard such a remark before . |
| 8 | Corbett had heard such a sound many times during his war in Wales and , without thinking , threw himself on his face . |
| 9 | It spread before Maggie , and she 'd never heard such a din . |
| 10 | ‘ Never heard such a lot of nonsense , ’ said Angalo cheerfully . |
| 11 | But I say , the , I 'd heard such a lot of the Guild and the Guild 's influence was in Walsall Wood I think primarily , as I 'm always telling the women today , because they were so interested in the village and you got , they were local councillors , magistrates people you went to for advice . |
| 12 | I 've heard such a lot about the risks to eyes after infection with dog dirt and I 'm very worried . |
| 13 | Oh I 've never heard such a load of bloody rubbish in my life ! |
| 14 | When she had taught Sarah to read and write it had been her textbook , and it would have broken her heart if she 'd heard such a tirade after all her patient teaching . |
| 15 | Anabelle had never heard such a ruckus . |
| 16 | I like football and I find all the other views I 've heard all a bit negative ! |