Example sentences of "have [verb] of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have heard of similar cases . |
| 2 | I have heard of other appointments which she has blocked for similar reasons , and in my lifetime can recall no other Prime Minister , Labour or Conservative , who felt the need to exercise such petty partisanship . |
| 3 | I have heard of such things and met men who have been paid from such purses and eaten from such pots . |
| 4 | A group may be requested by the school itself — a more frequent occurrence now under the new GRIST and ‘ Baker day ’ arrangements — especially if the head , a persuasive special needs post-holder , pastoral care tutor , or other members of staff have heard of such groups working well elsewhere . |
| 5 | I have heard of one firm where not one architect is earning more than £17,000 — and that 's after all their years of training . ’ |
| 6 | I have heard of various instances of a butler being displayed as a kind of performing monkey at a house party . |
| 7 | " " No , " said Prince Rainbow , " for I have heard of that trick of yours , El-ahrairah , and I know how it is done . " |
| 8 | He said , ‘ I have never heard of Auric Industries before , although I have heard of Auric Enterprises . |
| 9 | Indeed , I have heard of some anglers who deliberately attach a big hook to the ‘ feeder and catch plenty of barbel on it . |
| 10 | You have heard of this business about Steinmark ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ And now , squire , ’ said the doctor , ‘ you have heard of this Flint , I suppose ? ’ |
| 12 | I have heard of older people who will literally walk the second mile despite weary feet aching with bunions , in order to visit a good chiropodist . |
| 13 | As one of them sneered , ‘ I have heard of several ladies in Dronfield having these books and recommending them . |
| 14 | I have heard of three deaths during rugby matches in the seven years I have been secretary , but nothing like this . |
| 15 | We have heard of waterless embalming , well , who in the name of goodness has ever done it ? — or is that a ploy for producers to sell more fluid or that in , for example , 16 oz they will use 3 or 4 types of fluid which interact and work as one . |
| 16 | I have heard of old women who forbid others in their lounge to go to the toilet when they appear to do so too frequently . |
| 17 | By using the word ‘ altruistic ’ biologists do not wish to imply that animals are actuated by a concern for others , as will be obvious from the fact that they have written of altruistic behaviour not only in social insects but also in plants and even in viruses . |
| 18 | The colour photos I have seen of this fish just do not do him justice . |
| 19 | So you have to beware of blind alleys like that ; from personal experience , there are loads of these styles that no-one has ever asked me to play . ’ |
| 20 | However , I am grateful to the hon. Lady for welcoming the announcement that we have made of increased resources for Holy Loch , following the withdrawal of the American navy . |
| 21 | What would Sherlock Holmes , Lord Peter Wimsey , Hercule Poirot and the rest have made of that lot ? |
| 22 | Leaving aside the ( many important and detailed ) criticisms which people have made of these procedures , it is clear that , in principle , developing a basis for appraising investment projects is of considerable importance . |
| 23 | They have tried to take on board Ayer 's claim that theological language is meaningless , but have made of this meaninglessness a kind of superior divine logic . |
| 24 | We have thought of videotaped interviews as a record of a therapeutic interaction . |
| 25 | What happened next is something I shall never forget , and I have thought of that moment incessantly ever since it happened . |
| 26 | I wrote work instead of word ; the analyst would deduce from this , that I am lazy , and admittedly he would be right — I have dreamt of many things both by day and by night . |
| 27 | The remaining patients ( 23 ) have remained asymptomatic with respect to the biliary system or have died of unrelated causes at amedian of 13 months ( range 5–24 ) . |
| 28 | It is conservatively estimated that not less than 120,000 persons have died of actual starvation during the last two years in the Lebanon alone . |
| 29 | They have suggested that the carcasses of animals which have died of either disease should not be buried in farm fields , as it is now thought that it may be possible for other livestock to become infected . |
| 30 | Substantial losses have occurred of semi-natural vegetation and wildlife habitats , notably moorland and rough grassland , much of it attributable to agricultural intensification ( especially cultivation and reseeding ) . |