Example sentences of "heard of a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is he further aware that last week we heard of a thousand signalling faults on British Rail followed by this further terrible accident in the Severn tunnel , involving signal faults and negligence yet again ? |
| 2 | Commenting on this recently , evangelist Eric Delve asked : ‘ Who ever heard of a six-week training course to teach girls who have got engaged how to tell their friends ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I left college in ‘ 76 , and subsequently hustled around for about four months working for various people , before I heard of a second assistant 's job coming up with David Thorpe . |
| 4 | With a grin , Doyle said , ‘ I heard of a German bloke who kept one of our lads hidden for years after the War . |
| 5 | I heard of a notable exception recently , where the farmer almost encouraged two detectorists to search his seeded fields . |