Example sentences of "just heard " in BNC.
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| 31 | She had just heard in Helsinki her brother-in-law has been hauled out of the frozen harbour . |
| 32 | Then realizing what he 'd just heard , Dowd drew a long , slow breath . |
| 33 | Many supporters of Dr McNab exchanged glances of dismay at the words they had just heard . |
| 34 | He had just heard the banqueting hall cannons fire , which must mean that the sepoys were attempting an attack from the flank ; he hoped that their attack had not succeeded because he and his men had more than they could cope with already . |
| 35 | An arts student may have no arguments either way ; they 've just heard of this mystical thing called Science , but once you 've been doing Science , you realize that a statement like that just does not hold water , and so it enables faith to come far more easily . |
| 36 | All the facts of the case will be fresh in his mind and he will have just heard the mitigation of counsel . |
| 37 | It turned out to be Terry Wade who had just heard that Trev Proby had been arrested on a number of theft and extortion charges , and had been refused bail . |
| 38 | Both Adie Smith and Jason Pratt phoned to say they had only just heard we have two games on Saturday . |
| 39 | ‘ Ma'am , Maryann has just heard something … ’ she hesitated a little . |
| 40 | ‘ I 've always thought it unlikely , but I 've just heard from George this morning that it is impossible . |
| 41 | Julia went to sit in the kitchen , trying to stop applying what she had just heard to her own situation . |
| 42 | Rohmer smiled again , and this time it was as if he 'd just heard the best news of the evening . |
| 43 | Cardiff turned to see that Rohmer was the only one apparently unaffected by what they 'd all just heard . |
| 44 | Like the noises we 've just heard . ’ |
| 45 | His head still down , fingers tracing on his brow as if still in pain from the noise they had just heard . |
| 46 | I find it really funny , these people playing things backwards , you just want to say your mind has n't got the capacity to pick out this message as it goes by , turn it around , interpret it and still not let you know what you 've just heard ! ’ |
| 47 | He 'd spoken so quietly , his face against the top of her head , that she 'd only just heard his words . |
| 48 | I 've just heard about your husband … . ’ |
| 49 | As expected , she found that subjects were very accurate at distinguishing a sentence they had only just heard from similar sentences with semantic or syntactic changes . |
| 50 | In fact the listener is probably in just the right psychological state of expectation to hear again what he has just heard ( or a slight variation of it ) . |
| 51 | He was not consciously watching , but turning over in his mind what he had just heard , so that he was surprised to find the little brunette from the office standing at his elbow . |
| 52 | This morning , the end of the series is marked with the doxology from Ephesians 3 , verses 20 and 21 , which follows on from the prayer of Paul that we have just heard . |
| 53 | It was from Sir Henry and said : ‘ Have just heard that Barrymore is at the Hall . ’ |
| 54 | I 'm sorry — it 's awful , I know , but I 've only just heard and — Hello — is anybody there … ? ’ |
| 55 | His ears tried to crawl into his head in terror of the syllables they had just heard . |
| 56 | We have just heard that Bob Miller [ currently number one is the Chief Executive 's award scheme ] , has gained further business to provide plants to the surveyors ' temporary offices . |
| 57 | Kate stared back at him , hardly daring to believe what she 'd just heard . |
| 58 | The servant who passed the story on to the firefighters had been standing nearby taking in all that was being said until a glance from Meredith Putt through the partly open door sent her scuttling upstairs to complete her work , filled with apprehension by what she had just heard . |
| 59 | We have just heard from the hon. Gentleman that all our proposals for discounts for single people and alleviation of the top rates of the tax are anathema to the Labour party , which wants to return to the full rigours of the rates . |
| 60 | We have just heard the hon. Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) dismiss the argument that people pay more income tax and VAT if they are on high incomes . |