Example sentences of "[pron] hear [indef pn] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are expecting nobody , ’ I hear someone say , but the silhouette at the door , like an exclamation mark at the end of a command , demands attention . |
| 2 | I heard one say : ‘ You know whit your trouble is , maw ? |
| 3 | I heard one say on Danny Baker 's Saturday night show : ‘ Dalglish is to blame for landing Souness in the mire . ’ |
| 4 | And then just as I left the stage , sobbing , I heard somebody say , ‘ Well , I do n't admire her dress-sense . ’ |
| 5 | Then I heard somebody say , ‘ He 's come round , Jack , ’ and the blindfold was ripped away , along with a chunk of hair . |
| 6 | I heard someone say the other day that modern people treat the Ten Commandments like examination questions : only four need be attempted . |
| 7 | Then I heard someone say , ‘ It 's disgraceful the way she keeps standin' there preenin' 'erself . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I heard someone say that , yes , sir . ’ |
| 9 | I heard someone say . |
| 10 | Oh yes , yes , yes but erm on the radio prog programme I heard someone say there was every street corner these women but they were n't , I do n't think there was , I think it was you know , there were a lot of women that used to do it illegal . |
| 11 | No , they er I heard someone say that though they sort of actively encourage the use of to go to see many things like sort of sport days , erm . |
| 12 | There 's our subject I 'm gon na train them all on what did I hear someone say ? |
| 13 | Goodness knows , you hear somebody saying sometimes , goodness knows why he should suffer like that , he never did any harm to anyone . |
| 14 | ‘ Right , Piper , we 'll forget the bloody left , right , left , right , routine , ’ snarls the Sergeant , ‘ When I knock on this door and you hear someone say ‘ come in' ’ , you go in , turn right , and salute . |
| 15 | ‘ Mineral water for the invalid , ’ she heard someone say as they handed Dizzy a glass , and she saw Dizzy give a wry smile . |
| 16 | And then someone was running , lightly , behind her , and she heard someone say in a deep and thrilling voice , ‘ Señorita , espereme ! ’ |
| 17 | But a royal expert who heard one said : ‘ There is a huge question mark because the woman 's voice sounds more like an Essex girl than a Sloane . ’ |
| 18 | Sometimes we come very close to the world outside , for example when we hear someone say the words we need for a piece of writing we 're involved in we commit it lovingly to memory so we can use it . |
| 19 | Tracey said you just tell Carla and you let me hear anyone say anything . |
| 20 | Charlie Williams took his number 14 bus to Shaftesbury Avenue , looked at Ken 's name in lights and had he heard anyone say anything against ‘ the boy ’ would have had no difficulty in punching him one . |
| 21 | Thus if he hears someone say ‘ Shut the door ’ he will look towards the nearest door available for being shut . |
| 22 | He heard somebody say ’ … and Maggsy ’ and he was grabbed from behind and dragged into the van . |
| 23 | ‘ The first ten years are the worst , ’ he heard someone say , and he turned , suddenly nettled . |