Example sentences of "to hear about " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You know , it really is strange to hear about you all again . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't want to hear about that , ’ she said . |
| 3 | As Afshan Begum explains in her thesis ‘ In many cases parents expect that the girl will , whenever they demand , give up everything ( e.g. a course in further education or training or a career ) and submit without question to a marriage they have arranged for her … these hidden cases which no one gets to hear about are the real tragedies . ’ |
| 4 | Pop is n't programmatic , it wo n't negotiate , it wants the world and it wants it now , and it 's much more satisfying to hear about your enemy being slaughtered . |
| 5 | Matt 's crisis passed ’ ) , all that is left to hear about the great man are the details of his virgin birth . |
| 6 | ‘ We thought you would be interested to hear about your friend . ’ |
| 7 | I do like to hear about a new garden in the planning . |
| 8 | And I understood from the hospital where Mrs Ross has been a patient that before she was admitted enquiries were made and you wrote back — supposedly in your wife 's absence — saying you had no idea where your wife was and you did not want to hear about her mother or to see her . ’ |
| 9 | This is a UFO conference and I 'm here to hear about UFOs . ’ |
| 10 | Of course , no one wants to hear about the failures : it is not such interesting reading ! |
| 11 | ‘ Now , ’ she went on , ‘ now I would so like to hear about this Uncle you talk of , the Cabinet Minister . |
| 12 | Nathan was filled with importance : he carried so much information this mysterious beauty wanted to hear about . |
| 13 | And I kept saying , I do n't want to hear about it . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But you 've not come to hear about what 's going on today . |
| 15 | You 've come to hear about a far yester-year and the life of Marie Grubbe , if I 'm not mistaken ! ’ |
| 16 | In the rest of the region , Israel Radio 's coverage allows those living in the Arab world to hear about events that are censored by their own governments . |
| 17 | ‘ I was depressed , and when they arrived at my house and said , ‘ We 're very sorry to hear about your husband ’ , I believed they were genuine and let them in . |
| 18 | ‘ It would be … well , interesting to know just how you came to hear about the infant 's birth , and why you felt this birth was … well , interesting . |
| 19 | Do you want to hear about it ? ’ |
| 20 | Do n't do anything you would n't want your Mother to hear about . ’ |
| 21 | The ADT London Marathon and charity go hand in hand , so we want to hear about your charity running experiences , whether at London or other events around the country . |
| 22 | With an expected life of three years for the lithium battery , there should n't be any problems with this unit , but Oceanic UK guarantee a three day turnround on battery changes , and service like this is good to hear about . |
| 23 | ‘ Do n't want to hear about it . |
| 24 | If I want to hear about politics , I 'll go out and vote . |
| 25 | ‘ No one wants to hear about the troubles of the elderly . ’ |
| 26 | Or if they did it was so modern that nobody got to hear about it . |
| 27 | Apparently he got to hear about a particularly tricky deal prepared by three Japanese whaling companies to come with quota proposals , and he knew that one of the companies was taking a very different view from the other two , and he hoped that there could be a divide-and-rule situation set up . |
| 28 | I took myself up to Highbury to hear about all this . |
| 29 | It was not until the later trials that the courts began to hear about ‘ covens ’ of witches . |
| 30 | I know that I am providing an unusual excuse for those dastards interested in luring some member of the opposite sex into a dark and confined space , but I would be glad to hear about experimental results . |