Example sentences of "[pron] hear a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somewhere to my left , I hear a door close . |
| 2 | I lie there , gulping for air , terrified of the man coming to get me while I lie there helpless ; then I hear a scream . |
| 3 | ‘ I hear a song and I tell my musical director what tempo I want it in , and how it 's going to end . |
| 4 | I hear a scuffle as the others tear down the stairs to search the study . |
| 5 | Whenever I hear a man being witty or sensible or kindly or civilized I think : the qualities which now seem so much a part of this man could be stripped away at any time , and there would be left just a man who suffered and who fought with his suffering like an animal . |
| 6 | ‘ Suddenly I hear a noise on the other side of the brick wall which separates the garden of the next house from ours . |
| 7 | Through the radio 's crackle I think I hear a noise . |
| 8 | I hear a scraping of a beer bottle base across a wooden surface . |
| 9 | ‘ If I hear a tweet I 'll sense you out , be sure . ’ |
| 10 | I hear a gush at the far end of the line , like steam bursting out under pressure . |
| 11 | I can not tell whether the phone has stopped ringing or not ; at some point I think I hear a ring louder than all other rings , and a voice , not Maggie 's voice , but another voice , a woman 's voice , a slow Scottish accent , asking and begging for Crilly . |
| 12 | I hear a clattering in the air as McDunn gets out of the Jag and I look up over the trees into high , bright overcast . |
| 13 | I hear a number of my hon. Friends saying yes , but I invite the House to reflect cautiously before interfering in what seems to be a small particular in the right of the press to make a fair and accurate report . |
| 14 | I hear a car , Jane . |
| 15 | I hear a car cruise by . |
| 16 | ‘ I hear a lot of talk about customers going diesel , but everyone is on the fence waiting to see what happens with the Conservatives ’ promised benefit-in-kind tax review . |
| 17 | The wrong thing to do is to think , " I hear a lot about resources based learning : it is obviously the thing to do : therefore I will experiment with it next term . " |
| 18 | ‘ Sometimes I hear a whistle , but I do n't know where it comes from . |
| 19 | I hear a step on the stair ! |
| 20 | From a few feet away , I hear a doctor speaking . |
| 21 | Cos every time I hear a spider I always grab onto someone . |
| 22 | I disagree with the hon. Member for Worsley ( Mr. Lewis ) that this is a lost opportunity on premium rate services — although I hear a rumour that one of the more questionable 0898 lines — the Labour party line — has been withdrawn . |
| 23 | They piled into Deptford because someone heard a shot and phoned them . |
| 24 | When I heard a friend was willing to part with some of his things , I swapped my Game Boy , games , light and case for 3′ tank , internal filter , two heaters , and most important of all , a breeding pair of Angels . |
| 25 | Aminah Mu'asher , who lives in Bourj Abou Haidar , said : ‘ I heard a militiaman shout Allah-o-Akbar ( God is great ) when he was shot … |
| 26 | In my half awake state I heard a shell coming over very low and exploding close by . |
| 27 | Some time later I heard a chink of glass and looked up to find Dennis sitting at a nearby table with a half-empty bottle of chilled rosé . |
| 28 | Just before sunset I heard a hubbub outside where a crowd had collected . |
| 29 | I was deep into a descending spiral when I heard a tap at the window against which I was sitting . |
| 30 | It did a Big Ben chime , and I heard a chorus of kids ' shouts from inside . |