Example sentences of "hear that [noun prp] [noun] [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It turned out to be Terry Wade who had just heard that Trev Proby had been arrested on a number of theft and extortion charges , and had been refused bail . |
| 2 | LINCOLN Turbine Service Ltd in Lincoln was pleased that hard work had finally paid off when they heard that Daran Blatherwick had been awarded ‘ Best Trainee — City and Guilds 201 ’ . |
| 3 | Negus Mikael , Lij Yasu 's father , being now a devout Christian , had condemned his son 's affiliation to Islam , but when he heard that Lij Yasu had been deposed family pride was outraged . |
| 4 | The court heard that PC Whitehouse had been questioning the driver of another red Ford car when the Sierra came speeding round the corner . |
| 5 | When Eliot heard that Wyndham Lewis had been travelling around North Africa in a thick English suit , he remarked , " Lewis was always a heavily dressed man " ; and of a lady who had acquired too many petrol coupons during the first year of the war , he said , " There is always bound to be a certain element of iniquity in these matters " . |