Example sentences of "i hear of " in BNC.
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| 1 | After he leave school he had set up some sort of agricultural commune thing , he was always a man like that , saying we were people must make the most of we community skills and thing , but he get squeeze in that farming business and last I hear of him he had gone in the hills and become a guerrilla . |
| 2 | I hear of things in my job , you know . ’ |
| 3 | Their efforts , he writes , must be put under close scrutiny : ‘ I do not know Mr Cameron and , from what I hear of him , have no desire to … |
| 4 | Yet , despite all this , Baxter wrote , ‘ not one that I hear of are fallen off or forsake their uprightness ’ . |
| 5 | So often I hear of people who see an advertisement in the local press , go that very evening and purchase purely on impulse . |
| 6 | I find it tragic when I hear of a couple where one knows the other is dying , but neither can bear to talk about it . |
| 7 | Instead I hear of plans for decline , closure and redundancy . |
| 8 | If I hear of one I will inform you . ’ |
| 9 | The only casualties I hear of are a couple of pleasure boats which dragged their moorings and were damaged on the shore . |
| 10 | But I I would n't er if I hear of a girl getting pregnant er you know now now it 's a very common thing I know , but sometimes I feel really sorry for the girls because it 's tying yourself fifteen , sixteen tying yourself down to children . |
| 11 | ‘ I hear of them from customers , and girls from school … . ’ |
| 12 | If I hear of one more occasion on which you make these allegations I shall feel it my duty to pass them on to Connon myself . |
| 13 | ‘ I have no intention of robbing Grantham and Marsh of their triumph if they deserve it , and from what I hear of their reputation they probably will . |
| 14 | The more I hear of this , the more I reckon there was a battle of wills between them . |
| 15 | Yeah , just as a , as a side issue , I am interested that they 've been growing plum tomatoes because each year I hear of more and more people growing plum tomatoes successfully in this country and while we are just on the subject of diseases and things to control them , you may remember that a few weeks ago we were giving advice on how we should dispose of waste garden chemicals and , and we said you ought to pour it down an outside drain . |
| 16 | It tears my heart out whenever I hear of a mining tragedy and because I am not there to help or even to sympathise , something inside me feels the need to shout to all people , southerners especially who have never had fathers , husbands , sons to worry about when each day they are swallowed into the apron of the earth . |
| 17 | ‘ What 's this I hear of you ? ’ said Isambard in the formidably courteous voice in which he habitually gave his orders . |