Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] she hear " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had taken a very few steps when she heard someone running up behind her . |
| 2 | A few minutes later she heard Heather screaming and Penny barking . |
| 3 | A few minutes later she heard the tractor clattering into the yard . |
| 4 | A couple of minutes later she heard the chair that had wedged the door handle shut being moved . |
| 5 | A few minutes later she heard the rich throb of a car engine in the drive below . |
| 6 | Some minutes later she heard the sound of a door quietly closing , and guessed that Ven , not bothering with a nightcap seemingly , had gone to bed . |
| 7 | It was about six o'clock and Carrie was helping to wash up the tea things when she heard Mr Evans 's bellow of rage . |
| 8 | She made herself even more unpopular by bursting into tears whenever she heard music , ‘ with great sobbings and sighings after the bliss of Heaven ’ . |
| 9 | She was absorbed in cleaning the arched windows when she heard the sound of a car engine . |
| 10 | You have only to think of the situation in which a mother is terrified of thunder and panics whenever she hears it , rushing to close the curtains and to cower in the corner of the room . |
| 11 | She did n't turn round : she expected Ace to follow , and a few moments later she heard running footsteps behind her . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll be in my study , ’ he told her , and moments later she heard the phone click , and his low voice and laughter . |
| 13 | In the rear of their hut his wife was bending over a bowl of water , naked to the waist , washing herself , and she snatched up a towel to cover her bare breasts when she heard Loc hiss a sudden warning . |