Example sentences of "heard be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an amiable parody of an interview he once heard being given by Sir Adrian Boult , Gould spelt out the attitude to recording of that older generation : roughly , ‘ I do n't mind doing the occasional recording , old boy — not everyone gets to concerts — and we 'll do our best , but I do n't want any ‘ patching ’ , we must keep the long line intact ’ . |
| 2 | The last words that I heard were , ‘ Good night , Piper , I shall leave the door open . ’ |
| 3 | Pleased , that is , until I discovered that I had forgotten to bring the tea bags — the subsequent ‘ Well , why did n't you bring them then 's , ‘ Why is it always my fault 's reminded me of the Quentin Crisp line that marriage was impossible for him because he could not have tolerated an endless succession of mornings when the first words he heard were , ‘ And another thing ’ — and that there were no birds . |
| 4 | Apart from the two singles , the only new non-Ukrainian songs fans heard were contained on a John Peel session broadcast in May , and one of those was a madcap cover of Altered Image 's ‘ Happy Birthday ’ . |
| 5 | When Marian was first appointed as Circuit Judge nearly all the cases she heard were criminal cases but now her work is predominantly civil . |
| 6 | The sentences heard were either normal prose ( e.g. Some thieves stole most of the lead off the roof ) or syntactic prose ( e.g. No buns puzzle some in the lead off the text ) which was syntactically correct but semantically anomalous . |
| 7 | The air dissolved around cordon bleu , and all I heard were parrot screeches , barking and the blowing of a horse 's soft mouth — that was him — and all I could say was : Quack quack quack . |
| 8 | Bits and pieces of things he 'd read and heard were coming together . |
| 9 | That 's why I never heard were n't it ? |
| 10 | Jazzman Dexter Gordon in his final role as the awakened musician/dreamer Rolando proves he could have not one but two brilliant careers , old stage trouper Gloria Harper gives her awakened mad flapper full flight and John Heard is a rock of cynicism as the hard bitten hospital administrator . |
| 11 | Shand is not unlike John Heard 's crippled alcoholic in Cutter 's Way , the year 's other stand-out movie , raging against the dying light , fulminating at forces beyond his control . |
| 12 | M-PEOPLE : ‘ Northern Soul ’ re-promoted debut from Mike Pickering and Paul Heard 's disco tinged house outfit , including the hit singles |
| 13 | When Carter a few minutes later in the debate said , ‘ I asked my ( eight-year-old ) daughter Amy last night what she thought … ’ , what the audience heard was : ‘ I 'd better try to find a warm human illustration before it 's too late . ’ |
| 14 | He swung off the horse and stood in front of her , tired and dirty from travelling and all she heard was a sound like the crashing of waves on pebbles and she put her hands over her ears and swayed in pain at the roadside . |
| 15 | It may seem odd that what we heard was such a revelation . |
| 16 | It was 40 °s C in the shade and so quiet that all we heard was dust settling , the rattle of bones and the rustle of wings . |
| 17 | The first music he ever heard was The Dam Busters . |
| 18 | The only thing I heard was dogs and rats . |
| 19 | S Group was led by Group Captain Donald Bennett , who we heard was a most formidable gentleman from ‘ down under ’ and who was mostly to be found at Group Headquarters , Huntingdon or at Wyton RAF Station , a few miles away . |
| 20 | The last they heard was that he had gone over the wall for two years . |
| 21 | All I heard was a crash as the lorry hit me . |
| 22 | The noise must have attracted the attention of the people in the pub because the next thing I heard was Dad 's voice booming above the bedlam . |
| 23 | The last thing Chrissie heard was that name again , spoken like an expletive . |
| 24 | ‘ The first I heard was when Sharon came on the phone crying ‘ Our girls are dead , our girls are dead ’ . |
| 25 | The other rumour she heard was that she was a drag queen . |
| 26 | Andrew 's mother Janice , 23 , who was walking with them in nearby Haxby , said : ‘ The first thing I heard was Carol scream , then a bang . |
| 27 | Andrew 's mother Janice , 23 , who was walking with them in nearby Haxby , said : ‘ The first thing I heard was Carol scream , then a bang . |
| 28 | But the funniest expression I ever heard was in New Zealand where I was staying with friends of mine and their young daughter . |
| 29 | Then they 'd come back and talk about rugby half the night and all you heard was ‘ came around the bloody blind side and bang ! ’ ' |
| 30 | For a couple of issues all that we heard was C65 , C65 . |