hear of

Example Sentences

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“Of course, I had heard of her — it’s hard not to hear of that name,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times

"All at Y Muni are saddened to hear of the passing of Phil Campbell," the arts centre said.

From BBC

As long as she didn’t have a baby or I didn’t hear of it, there was a way out of this.

From Literature

"You hear of things like this happening on the TV, but you never for one second think it would happen to your family," said Gemma, Judith's niece.

From BBC

It was a nice thing to hear - of course it was - but I was quite calm about it actually.

From BBC