Example sentences of "i had heard [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the path with my thoughts wallowing in nostalgia , I soon found myself back where I started and crashing into the people I had heard through the mist . |
| 2 | Manchester City ! ’ he said , continuing the chant which was so like those I had heard at Manchester 's Maine Road ground that I marvelled when he said he had never been to England . |
| 3 | High and very far to the north I could just hear an aeroplane , only the third or fourth I had heard at night since coming to the island . |
| 4 | A real let down , especially after all I had heard about it , not to mention all that nudge nudge wink wink from the son of the house in East Ham where I had found a room , and so much eyebrow raising and snorting from the father . |
| 5 | It was her first visit to a city and she was taken aback by the volume of traffic — ‘ I had heard about this kind of thing , but it 's quite frightening close to like this , ’ she said , as she stood on the pavement in City Square and watched four lanes of vehicles jousting strenuously for position . |
| 6 | Wigan coach John Monie admitted : ‘ Everything I had heard about Workington proved to be true . |
| 7 | This was the Old Red I had heard about , and not the man I had met in the subway . |
| 8 | I had heard about the Dog Man before on my week-long journey from Kirk Yetholm towards Edale — travellers going north had told me as I journeyed south at first that the Dog Man was only three days ahead of me , then two days ahead of me , and then the final group of walkers had told me that it would n't be long before I caught him up . |
| 9 | I could see that my character had not improved since I had heard about my expectations . |
| 10 | I was terrified because I had never been in a proper prison before , and I had heard about Styal . |
| 11 | I had heard about the new economic empires of the East : Japan , Korea , Taiwan , Singapore , Malaysia … yet it was a surprise to realise how fast these giants are probing their tentacles deep into Sarawak 's ‘ Heart of Darkness ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ I had heard about Smailovic and his Sarajevan Opera String Quartet some time ago and had the idea of offering him support by writing a piece and joining him in one of his concerts at the front line . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | This was the first I had heard of Leslie 's alleged connection with ‘ D ’ Squadron . |
| 15 | I had heard of it by name , but never quite knew what it was . |
| 16 | But I had heard of similar excuses . |
| 17 | ‘ I had heard of Genesis but I had never heard them . |
| 18 | I had heard of this spirit creature . |
| 19 | I had heard of the many mercy missions of the ruler 's private planes . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | But I had been sufficiently intrigued by the stories I had heard of William to want to find out . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Luckily , I had heard of a suitable den on the River Wye . |
| 24 | I said that this was the first I had heard of this claim . " |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I sobered , thinking of sagas I had heard of wolves , but my father hushed me . |
| 27 | The other guy , this Davis character , I had heard of but never seen in action , a Broadway boy with one film in the can . |
| 28 | ‘ I had heard of him , ’ I said . |
| 29 | I had never seen him before , but I had heard of him . |
| 30 | Well , you know , I think it was a kind of sports bag or something and I thought oh I 'll go along with that and the other , I mean I had heard of them before and I made a few enquiries and they said , you know , you you were quite quality company so I thought |