Example sentences of "[conj] i hear [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Yet , despite all this , Baxter wrote , ‘ not one that I hear of are fallen off or forsake their uprightness ’ . |
2 | Here I want to vary the times so that I hear from a true cross-section of our listeners , and those who listen to the graveyard shift , for instance , probably never hear the breakfast show . |
3 | ‘ 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 . |
4 | It was not until years later that I heard about the societies known as Buffaloes and Foresters . |
5 | It was through them that I heard about the forthcoming penny farthing races at Ferrymead Historic Park , on Waitangi Day ( the NZ national day , Feb. 6th ) . |
6 | Lying in bed , looking at the stiff poses in the pictures , I began to want to see the living reality — and the only reality to begin with for me was the singing that I heard through my sickroom window . |
7 | It was while filming at this den that I heard of yet another place , only a few miles up the Wye , where mink had been seen killing mallard chicks . |
8 | Sir — It was with deep sadness that I heard of the death of Fred Daly , to date the only Irish winner of The Open . |
9 | The first time that I heard of Maastricht was on 12 May 1940 , when the RAF was shot out of the sky and knocked on the ground . |
10 | This was a very comforting thing , although I must admit that I heard of no cases occurring in the period that I was in Mespot . |
11 | It was at a dinner party in the flat , when they were in the kitchen together fetching yogurt and raspberries , that I heard for the first time one of them turn on the other in anger . |
12 | It was one of the few references to the former prime minister 's gender that I heard during the whole week of leadership crise . |
13 | ‘ But why I mentioned her was that I heard by chance that she has married again . ’ |
14 | She drew the word out , so that I heard in its simple syllable all the pain and hurt of the drug . |
15 | It seemed that he was extra attentive to me , and I heard via the grapevine that he always referred to me as ‘ the little Waaf with the starry eyes ’ . |
16 | Put down my pen and I heard in my ears the howl of the fleeing dog , saw the metal flash of Sophie 's shoe — I could not bear it . |
17 | And I hear on the grapevine Trumphauser at Cornell is giving him a chapter to himself in his book on British working-class literature . |
18 | If I hear of one I will inform you . ’ |
19 | But I I would n't er if I hear of a girl getting pregnant er you know now now it 's a very common thing I know , but sometimes I feel really sorry for the girls because it 's tying yourself fifteen , sixteen tying yourself down to children . |
20 | If I hear of one more occasion on which you make these allegations I shall feel it my duty to pass them on to Connon myself . |
21 | I used to get a ‘ lesser mag ’ until I heard about ZZAP 64 ! |
22 | I closed the curtains , went to bed , pulled the blanket high over my head and slept peacefully until I heard through layers of consciousness that unforgettable sound , the voice of the wind . |
23 | I went with er Superintendent to er where we positioned ourselves in a control vehicle and er I remained there until I heard from the firearms team inside the house that all occupants of the house had been found and were secured . |
24 | I am reserving your request for a copy of the tape until I hear from you , and would appreciate knowing whether you or NEC Central Lab will be going ahead with the order . |
25 | I will not go to Kent until I hear from you . |
26 | Until I hear from Bessie , or see for myself , that you are really trying to behave better , you can not be treated as a good , happy child , like my children . ’ |
27 | I jump for joy … but until I hear from the Foreign Office or from Martin , I wo n't believe it . |
28 | I 'm Mrs and er the point I wan na make is that I understood when Jimmy Jones came here had two lovely full houses but I heard through the building through the grapevine that the members of the trust or council objected to him because he was racist his jokes and sexist . |
29 | She did not respond to this , but stared at him , until he spoke again , saying , ‘ I 'd have been along before now , but I heard about me father the very day when we last spoke , and so I had to go off straightaway to Newcastle . |
30 | But I heard about it in training . |