Example sentences of "i hear about " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is that I do not , on the grounds that had I heard about the invitation my justification would have been defeated , you have a duty to give some account of why the ( unknown to me ) truth that my wife has refused the invitation does not somehow redress the balance . |
| 2 | Yes now where have I heard about those ? |
| 3 | I hear about these artists , so-called , he typed ( as Harsnet had written ) , who work all day and all night , whose work is their passion . |
| 4 | People say to me that I must be keeping a list of all the attacks I hear about . |
| 5 | ‘ What 's this I hear about you selling firewood ? ’ the man demanded . |
| 6 | All I hear about is Spain ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Now what 's this I hear about this madman driving an Irish Ford ? ’ |
| 8 | Everywhere I hear about the malaise and uncertainty this is producing . |
| 9 | By the way , ’ he added in a knowing manner , ‘ what 's all this I hear about there being no gravity on the Moon ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Of course you would n't like him anyway from what I hear about where you come from . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , ’ she said , seeing me mixing rose madder and burnt sienna in my paint-box , ‘ what 's all this I hear about a new mother ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ What 's this I hear about the dreaded Wullie ? ’ |
| 13 | I think to its detriment , it has been very white and it has been very historically specific , but the more I hear about what women are doing in Africa and India I think that the visions are very similar even though the words sometimes are different . |
| 14 | ‘ The more I hear about him , the less I like him , ’ she admitted . |
| 15 | I suppose everyone has but I hear about her a lot . |
| 16 | Most of the good songs which I heard about came to me that way . |
| 17 | I heard about this latest Merseyside strike in Istanbul . |
| 18 | ‘ I heard about Mr Bishop . |
| 19 | ‘ I heard about Mr Bishop ! ’ shouted Bella . |
| 20 | ‘ I heard about this project in the late Seventies , and as a screenwriter it was my biggest dream . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm annoyed about that , it was only when I began touring that I heard about it , ’ she told the BBC 's top children 's programme Going Live . |
| 22 | ‘ I heard about this today from auld Timmins , him that 's the under-manager to Brackenridge in Soft Bric-a-brac and Genteel Furnishings . |
| 23 | I had planned an early night , but when I heard about the disco , I decided a visit to the Club 's hairdresser and a night on the dance floor would be much more enjoyable ! |
| 24 | I heard about the first one pretty soon , the next night in fact , because everyone I knew was talking about the arrival of the new beauty . |
| 25 | ‘ I heard about this awful accident on the radio and I 'm worried sick … ’ |
| 26 | When I heard about the business of measuring and weighing I realised that all the care and effort I had put into keeping my secret had probably been a complete waste of time . |
| 27 | When I heard about Elsie 's foot I decided that I wanted to write about her to explore how she coped with her disability . |
| 28 | Later on , some of the policemen — I did n't see it , I heard about it because I read the reports of complaints . |
| 29 | It was not until years later that I heard about the societies known as Buffaloes and Foresters . |
| 30 | I heard about the animal from a Chinese scientist and all seemed set for progress . |