Example sentences of "[verb] just heard the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Rohmer smiled again , and this time it was as if he 'd just heard the best news of the evening .
2 He had just heard the full story from Nigel Cramer in his office atop the Home Office building .
3 The British visitor had just heard the exact same overview from the hospital 's top administrator .
4 He had just heard the banqueting hall cannons fire , which must mean that the sepoys were attempting an attack from the flank ; he hoped that their attack had not succeeded because he and his men had more than they could cope with already .
5 We have just heard the usual mixture of muddle , confusion and gloom to which we have become accustomed from the hon. Member for Glasgow , Garscadden ( Mr. Dewar ) , who tries every year to prove that more equals less .
6 We have just heard the hon. Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) dismiss the argument that people pay more income tax and VAT if they are on high incomes .
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