Example sentences of "[pron] could hear [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was more firing and I could hear chips of wood being torn from the trees . |
| 2 | I could hear Nell 's voice announcing calmly that everyone had time for another drink . |
| 3 | ’ I could hear Lili again as the crowd shifted . |
| 4 | Daddy is quite a philosopher , I could hear Mrs Hobbs saying . |
| 5 | I could hear bullets hitting the front of the car . ’ |
| 6 | I I could hear Meg talking a minute ago to me . |
| 7 | I could hear gulls crying , and the soft , flattened whispering of the sea . |
| 8 | I could hear Quigley give a sort of low whimper , but otherwise he said nothing . |
| 9 | I could hear Auntie Jean shouting at me but I could n't make out anything she was saying . |
| 10 | At night I could hear owls hooting , and the stupendous palace was only three minutes walk away . |
| 11 | I could hear Otley 's voice growing fainter . |
| 12 | Was it Monday , no it was yesterday , I was in the loo and I could hear this paper being ripped and I thought oh they 've got one of my club catalogues , I did n't think any more of it and then I could hear Joseph going weee , I thought what the devil 's he got , so went out , Joseph has got the flying circus bus that was meant for Charlotte and him and , Brenda and Charlotte was sharing the , the , garage thing that I 've brought so I thought well now it 's out , well they 're not going to keep all that till I said to him whatever is Father Christmas going to say , I said he 's supposed to be taking these away to bring I said er , what 's Father Christmas gon na say ? , no Ben forget , so I thought while they 're out I could see Joseph 's playing a lot , way with this bus thing , he was having a whale of a time , he thought that was great , so I said to Charlotte I said do you like that bus ? |
| 13 | I could hear boulders grinding on the river bed and the grumble of thunder was like the sound of distant gunfire . |
| 14 | I could hear gunfire in the hills on occasions when I walked home . |
| 15 | But I could hear David Riccio 's screams . |
| 16 | I could hear Sorley thumping around inside and then a distinctive whine and a sort of humming stutter . |
| 17 | As I walked forlornly around on my own , I could hear fragments of different conversations wafting over the music : |
| 18 | At midnight I could hear cars honk their horns . |
| 19 | When Queen Praxis tells Riddler , ‘ You are so adamantine and impermeable , ’ I could hear W C Fields sweetly explaining , ‘ I was only fooling and pretending . ’ |
| 20 | Outside I could hear rain falling upon the fire-escape and bouncing back against the window . |
| 21 | Outside , I could hear doors opening on the gallery and running footsteps . |
| 22 | Cheerful crashes and bangs floated up from Doris 's kitchen as I went back upstairs , and I could hear outbursts of raucous male laughter and pinch-induced shrieks . |
| 23 | I retreated into the kitchen and I could hear people asking Nell what time they could have breakfast . |
| 24 | ‘ I could hear people screaming on board and there were people lying on the grass by the side of the runway . |
| 25 | I could hear people groaning and calling for help . ’ |
| 26 | The mist looked as though it had been created by the BBC special effects department for a studio play about Jack the Ripper , and yards away I could hear voices without being able to see the humans making the sound . |
| 27 | I could hear voices far away and then something hurt my shoulder . |
| 28 | I turned then , for I could hear voices . |
| 29 | I could hear voices somewhere as I looked around , studying the portraits , examining the marquetry of the chairs and tables , all of which were ranged formally about the walls . |
| 30 | I could hear Timmy shouting . |