Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [vb base] [adv] heard " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus this can be used to refer to a forthcoming portion of the discourse , as in ( 88 ) , and that to a preceding portion , as in ( 89 ) : ( 88 ) I bet you have n't heard this story ( 89 ) That was the funniest story I 've ever heard Considerable confusion is likely to be caused here if we do not immediately make the distinction between discourse deixis and anaphora . |
| 2 | This story , told from a child 's point of view , from the limited perspective of a small Welsh town , far away from the fighting , brought the sadness of war closer than any story I have ever heard . |
| 3 | ‘ It is the only beautiful story I have ever heard , ’ said Cyril . |
| 4 | This is quite the worst case I have ever heard of.It 's an outrage and proves that the government is quite wrong to claim that the health service is improving |
| 5 | ‘ There 's a Takamine acoustic , which is not the best acoustic I 've ever heard in the studio , but okay , and a Fender Jaguar and a Precision bass . |
| 6 | The sample list of libraries at the end shows how serious the phenomenon is and forestalls criticism of the kind I have already heard : ‘ The situation is wildly exaggerated . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's the loudest noise I have ever heard . |
| 8 | One article in particular , from a writer I 've never heard of before , stated that the course was dull and boring and that there was no great degree of difficulty . |
| 9 | I 'd never seen a white blues band playing so good and this kid , Jimmie Vaughan , was playing some of the most devastating guitar I 've ever heard in my life . |
| 10 | He is the only pianist I have ever heard who does not make Balakirev 's Islamey sound clumsy in places , who does not need to slow down for the middle section of Liszt 's Rhapsodie espagnole , and who can play repeated notes faster than a machine-gun can shoot bullets . |
| 11 | In ponies this condition is called ‘ Sweet Itch ’ which is the worst misnomer I 've ever heard . |
| 12 | Kurt Masur conducted one of the finest ‘ live ’ performances of this piece I have ever heard when he conducted it with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in Nottingham during an English tour a few years ago . |
| 13 | Shakespear 's Sister took to the stage to what must be the worst intro tape I 've ever heard . |
| 14 | To tell you the truth I 've never heard of it |
| 15 | The charge I have often heard when working overseas that ‘ school is boring ’ is a comment on the quality of life in the classroom . |
| 16 | 45754 : Mravinsky is the only conductor I have ever heard make Shostakovich 's Twelfth Symphony remotely convincing . |
| 17 | Teacher Hear — Student I 've already heard it . |
| 18 | Student I 've already heard it . |
| 19 | Teacher Heard — Student I 've already heard it . |
| 20 | That 's the most unlikely tale I 've ever heard ! ’ |
| 21 | Dury , who says he has problems getting past the RSC doormen , but is ‘ persona grata in the Dirty Duck ’ , is the only man I have ever heard glottal-stop a dead language . |
| 22 | An interpretation I have often heard is that God 's ways are mysterious and wonderful , and it may well be that in the very last moments of the person 's life they had an encounter with God that set them on the path to eternal life . |
| 23 | I have n't been brave enough to write to a publication of any sort before , but it is one of my favourite pieces of music , and this is the greatest performance I 've ever heard ( and I mean of anything ) , so thanks for the opportunity . |
| 24 | In addition the set includes the Fairy 's Kiss Divertimento , a substantial Petrushka Suite with just about the only really convincing performance I have ever heard of Stravinsky 's concert ending , and Prokofiev 's Scythian Suite and Le Pas d'Acier . |
| 25 | ‘ That 's not a word I 've ever heard used before in this connection . |
| 26 | The title tune is probably my favourite part : in fact , it 's the best C64 music I 've ever heard ! |
| 27 | There might be bits of those bands in there , as far as influences go — music I 've heard — because all music I 've ever heard is obviously an influence . |
| 28 | Pahdra Singh 's secretary called earlier to say she would be picking the team for this Saturday 's match and that some kid I have never heard of , Ubahni Singh , will be playing centre-forward ! |
| 29 | So I held my breath when conductor En Shao took the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra through the fastest fourth movement of Tchaikovsky 's 4th symphony I have ever heard , wondering what he would do with the resonations . |
| 30 | That is the most ludicrous thing I 've ever heard . |