Example sentences of "heard [prep] [det] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everybody in Paris and indeed in all France knows what a flower seller 's bunch of violets looks like , but whoever heard of such a cookery direction , let alone of a sauce containing a mixture of dates and parsley ? " |
| 2 | As I was permanently hungry , he used to make enormous treacle puddings — it was the first time in my life I had heard of such a dish — and always made sure I got a big helping . |
| 3 | We had never heard of such a ferry , nor has the local history department at Liverpool Central Library . |
| 4 | When I consulted the Lancashire Association of Parish & Town Councils they had never heard of such a charge being made . |
| 5 | Abrams , who said he had never heard of such a thing before , asked him no more about them . |
| 6 | ‘ A few years ago you would niver have heard of such a thing . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 've never heard of such a thing ! |
| 8 | The local man said he 'd never heard of such a thing . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've never heard of such a thing ! |
| 10 | Paul felt his heart stop ; he had heard of such a thing ; he should have known ; that woman — |
| 11 | Never heard of such a thing . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 've heard of such a thing , of course , but I 've never seen it myself . |
| 13 | Whoever heard of such a thing ! ’ |
| 14 | We had never heard of such a thing ; and apparently it had only recently been catalogued , after a spate of Australian deaths on the Great Barrier Reef . |
| 15 | I have never heard of such a thing in all the worlds . ’ |
| 16 | Whoever heard of such a thing ? |
| 17 | ‘ I 've never heard of such a thing . ’ |
| 18 | A tol tolerably well behaved one would say peasant association , I 've lived here for decades tilling my land , I 've never heard of such a thing before and I have managed to live alright , I advise you to give it up . |
| 19 | Erm now he talks about the vanguards of revolutions i it 's just his distinction between the types of of peasant erm he looks at the rich peasants first of all and originally they 're , they 're not into revolution at all , you know , they do n't want to join peasant associations because they 've got nothing to gain erm as er er had said before , you know , p if you ask a rich peasant to join he 's gon na say well , you know , I 've never heard of such a thing before , you know , I 've , I can manage to live alright , I advise you to gi er give it up or alternatively he may just say , you know , good God no , you know , it 's too dangerous I , I do n't want to be knocked off by my landlord . |
| 20 | ‘ I have never heard of such a potion . |
| 21 | " In Christ 's name , who 's ever heard of such a place ? " |
| 22 | a ) Did you park the car b ) Where did you park the car However , the fall in ( b ) is certainly not obligatory , and a rise is quite often heard in such a question . |
| 23 | Elizabeth reported that she had heard in such a place : ‘ Long time , no see , old boy , what 's your poison ? ’ |