Example sentences of "[verb] heard it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd heard it said that th the development of this site has been in the development plan for twenty years |
| 2 | Colt had heard it said that after the war the country 's debt was 80 billion dollars . |
| 3 | Lately , Ockleton had heard it mentioned that he was on the staff of a Roman Catholic boarding school in the West Country . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've heard it said that we are going to be a service economy . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've heard it said that the only reason we got the contract with Talkin' Loud is 'cos we know Gilles . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've heard it said that retrospectives are bad for the health . ’ |
| 7 | I have heard it denied that the candles — different candles — glimmer for every child when he or she reaches the age of three or four , but of course that denial is nonsense ; simply , most children are asleep in the depths of the night when the candles shine out . |
| 8 | I have heard it said that when bream break surface it is simply to obtain the extra oxygen available there . |
| 9 | I have heard it said that an Englishman 's humour is unique . |
| 10 | I have heard it said that they were built by Iron Age men in honour of Megan , a Celtic goddess . |
| 11 | I have heard it said that the only major advance in stratigraphy and sedimentology since the Second World War was the concept of the turbidity current . |
| 12 | But I have heard it said that parts of the Rocky Mountains are quite like our Simla . |
| 13 | Most people ignored this commandment , although I have heard it said that Pike was to be seen with a compass on a number of occasions , trying to align himself correctly . |
| 14 | I have heard it objected that in every book of hers there is a smell of onions , and that this is intended to show observation . |
| 15 | It purports to be based on the recollections of courtiers and retainers hunted up after the fall : but I have heard it suggested that the author did not take to the Picador edition 's cover display of a picture of Haile Selassie , perhaps on the grounds of a misleading particularity . |
| 16 | ‘ Defence has been perfected to a remarkable degree , ’ he said , ‘ and I have heard it suggested that through its further development football may be brought to a state of stalemate … it will be a sorry reflection on forwards if they have not the intelligence , the inventiveness to devise means by which they can carry their attack to a successful end . ’ |
| 17 | I have heard it suggested that there is some danger that prospective buyers might be put off by the idea that their units have been used in this way . |