Example sentences of "[pron] hear of a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I heard of a notable exception recently , where the farmer almost encouraged two detectorists to search his seeded fields . |
| 2 | With a grin , Doyle said , ‘ I heard of a German bloke who kept one of our lads hidden for years after the War . |
| 3 | In short , when we hear of a peaceful society , we are likely to envision a society that is somehow the antithesis of the self-absorbed individualism of the modern urban-industrial world . |
| 4 | When we hear of a sustained flow of funds ‘ into ’ investment trusts , we must recognise that extra funds do not go into the trust at all ( except in one case we shall come to in a moment ) . |
| 5 | DOWN under being the truly operative phrase , we hear of a stunning revelation about how our Antipodean cousins ‘ sex ’ a grape . |