Example sentences of "[conj] i had hear " in BNC.

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1 Somewhere in the back of my mind I think maybe I was afraid that they would find you although I had heard from you by that time and knew you could not possibly be there at the bottom of Loch Craig .
2 He added , alarmingly , of the November shipment : ‘ I know that that is in my memory that I had heard of France being connected with such a thing . ’
3 But it was a shock to hear the exact tone of bitter resentment that I had heard so often in England and felt so often myself .
4 I told him that I had heard he was involved in a recording project with Mo Foster .
5 ‘ But afterwards , I found that the noise that I had heard was the springing of rivets .
6 Largely forgotten until recently , Watson 's fine sun-dappled landscapes had elegant figure studies have begun to reappear in London galleries , including Richard Green , and Blamey was surprised that I had heard of him .
7 I told him that I had heard a great deal about his sister .
8 I went on to say to him that I wished to make it clear that my disquiet did not relate to any particular name , but if in fact the names that I had heard turned out to be a correct report , and he published the List , the List would support legitimate criticism .
9 On the first part of the question , events moved so rapidly in Dublin last night that by the time that I had heard that the Minister had been appointed , I gather that he had also resigned .
10 I listened to his speech and thought that I had heard it before .
11 I just rea I mean I knew that I had heard of it then I realized .
12 My parents both died before I left the School of Italian Studies so I had heard nothing about my family for over ten years .
13 In Nigeria , so I had heard , people gave their houses numbers for aesthetic reasons , because a certain number might have a distinguished ring to it .
14 Robin Summers was the most recent casualty from my squadron , and I had heard from the German at Amsterdam that he was a prisoner .
15 One thing that I had grasped about the whole business was that we were going to live in a country area where there would be lots of wildlife , and I had heard of King Arthur , of course .
16 I had done some good writing , and I had heard mermaids singing .
17 I was terrified because I had never been in a proper prison before , and I had heard about Styal .
18 But facts are facts , and I had heard a hound .
19 And they , it was a bit frightening because we were in a group of seventeen and see what I mean when , I mean how it starts is like if were starting with me , I have to say I 'm Tony , right , and then you would say I 'm Jackie and this is Tony and then Christine would say I 'm Christine this is Jackie , this is Tony , I was at the end of a group of seventeen and I had heard it sort of , you hear it , it builds up round the room
20 She asked if I had heard from you and said that she wished to read the novel you were writing , and I 'm afraid I said I thought you were writing it .
21 But I had heard that in the South things are better . ’
22 I noticed that Aunt Louise could thread her needle without too much trouble and even write a few letters , but I had heard that sight is often impaired by poor health , and prided myself that this improvement might be due to good food and peace of mind .
23 But I had heard of similar excuses .
24 There is a whole range of film on the market , but I had heard that slide film is best .
25 The name of Carl August of Saxe-Weimar figured largely , but I had heard neither of him nor of it .
26 I had never seen him before , but I had heard of him .
27 While I was being so damned honest all of a sudden , there was no use pretending any longer that I had chosen the obscure fishing village of Collioure for a holiday for any other reason than because I had heard he usually went there .
28 I knew I was n't the only victim because I had heard complaints from others ; the fruiterer who saw his apples disappear from the box in front of the shop , the grocer who unwillingly supplied him with free biscuits .
29 I could see that my character had not improved since I had heard about my expectations .
30 Before I had heard a dozen words , I was trembling with fear .
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