Example sentences of "[pers pn] have heard a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And I wanted a particular tape , oh I know it was a tape I 'd heard a coach driver using on the er on a coach trip that I was on so I got to know what it was erm and er I went round the usual shops no joy |
2 | I 'd heard a lot about er af er I 've been in the Transport and General Workers ' Union as a shop steward and so forth like that . |
3 | ‘ I 'd heard a programme about an Indian craftsman who made wooden elephants . |
4 | But facts are facts , and I had heard a hound . |
5 | I had heard a lot about Games Villages from other athletes , about the 24-hour restaurants , the recreational facilities , and the great atmosphere . |
6 | ‘ I 've heard a couple of so-called radical journalists are sniffing around , pushed on by Christine Mills . |
7 | I 've heard a figure of about five hundred and I just wondered if that rings a bell as being reasonable with you ? |
8 | I 've heard a lot about you , Lynne . ’ |
9 | But erm , yes I 've heard a lot of people say that er , they never thought they could get this far . |
10 | No I ca n't er , I ca n't tell you that I did definitely , although I , I 've heard a lot of them at times but er , I 'm not sure . |
11 | " I 've heard a lot about you , " he smiled . |
12 | I hardly feel , sir , that erm erm you do n't have some influence on your salaries and the other directors ' salaries , I 've heard a lot of directors and chairmen say that they have no influence on their own salaries . |
13 | That priest trying to take a curse off that I 've heard a lot of excuses , half are bloody mad . |
14 | he said ah , ooh he said yes he said I 've heard a lot about it he said , there 's a lot of unhappy people , I said bloody place |
15 | And I have heard a name given already to the impious thief who dared disturb her . |
16 | I have heard a lot of silly arguments from anglers who can not be bothered to learn touch legering . |
17 | Servants are always happy to talk , and so I have heard a lot about the young woman . |
18 | ‘ I have heard a whisper it is possible there will be sleeping policemen in the road in April . |
19 | ‘ Well , I have heard a rumour that he once bought some stolen coins ; but mind you that 's just a rumour . |
20 | Maybe she 'd seen the looks of fear in her children 's eyes as she talked to them , maybe she 'd heard a rumour that somehow she was to blame . |
21 | You 've heard a story about seals before ? |
22 | ‘ You 've heard a lot of garbage about me , you know . ’ |
23 | you 've heard a lot of wisdom on this programme tonight |
24 | She said she had heard a scream — and the scream came from the hill , a long way away from the water . |
25 | She had become obsessed with Eliot and his work at the age of fourteen , after she had heard a recording of " The Journey of the Magi " : " It was extraordinary , " she said later , " that I felt I just had to get to Tom , to work with him . " |
26 | On a London bus she had heard a driver announce Stoke-Jewington when driving through Islington . |
27 | She looked as if she had heard a lot more , but was too tactful to say so . |
28 | He was such a dear old thing , although she had heard a rumour about him and Sylvia . |
29 | ‘ I mean , we 've never heard him DJing , we just really liked the stuff he 'd done with Primal Scream , and as for Fluke , well , we 'd heard a lot of really good things about them — plus they 're signed to Creation . ’ |
30 | We 've heard a lot this morning er about the merits of client server and where it 's come from in the last five years . |