Example sentences of "[pers pn] hear the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hear the thump of the cat flap as Cat O'Fun tumbles through it without the feline grace of his fellows . |
| 2 | Again , I hear the smack of collusion between Johnson and Boswell in their separate accounts of their Highland jaunt . |
| 3 | Sometimes I can hear Elizabeth smile , even before I hear the smile changing the shape of her voice . |
| 4 | I hear the pause . |
| 5 | When I walk through my front door I hear the TV playing loud . |
| 6 | Incidentally , I hear the admission of one black member to the once all-white Shoal Creek Golf Club in Alabama , did not satisfy everyone because protesting T-shirts are doing a thriving business there . |
| 7 | Whenever I hear the opening bars of Zadok the Priest , I remember the attentive , eager face of the eleven-year-old boy , singing in the school choir concert for the first time . |
| 8 | ‘ I hear the rebuke , Robert . |
| 9 | ‘ I hear the constable was down the other day , if you do n't mind me saying so , ’ Mrs Clamp said , and coughed politely . |
| 10 | I hear the stirring of wings . |
| 11 | Whenever I hear the song ‘ Moonlight and Roses ’ I think of him because that was his favourite . |
| 12 | I 'll feel a whole lot easier when I hear the name of Dirkin 's boss . |
| 13 | He turned to look at her then , bitterness in his blue eyes , and said , ‘ I hear the name Damian Flint marching inexorably into this conversation . ’ |
| 14 | But , I hear the man never captained England , and hardly ever appeared at international level . |
| 15 | But then I hear the voice , larger than all illusion |
| 16 | — After a minute , I can hear me great-grandad say , ‘ I can see you , nurse ! ’ , and I hear the nurse give a little squeal . |
| 17 | and each lightless day I hear the crying shades : |
| 18 | I tend to ( but only tend to ) reach for mine ( I have n't got one ) every time I hear the word ‘ religion ’ . |
| 19 | There are those like Bernard Taylor , professor of business policy at Henley Management College , who raise serious doubts about it : ‘ When I hear the word empowerment , I reach for my gun , because it 's one of those cosy words . |
| 20 | When I hear the word empowerment , I reach for my gun , because it 's one of those cosy words . |
| 21 | When I hear the word " tending " I think always of that confident attentiveness to the needs of the machines , the control over work that was unceasing , with half a mind and hands engaged but the looms always demanding attention . |
| 22 | The innocent might imagine that something will flow from that , but I smell a rat when I hear the word ’ commitment ’ . |
| 23 | I hear the company has been closeted with parties unknown , discussing the future of this once-promising product . |
| 24 | I 'm wondering where Andy is by now when I hear the guy in the shaft say , ‘ Nothing here . ’ |
| 25 | Then I hear the guy laugh downstairs and what really woke me was the dog . |
| 26 | As I hear the sweet lark sing in the clear air of the day . |
| 27 | As I hear the sweet lark sing in the clear air of the day . |
| 28 | Now I hear the slam . |
| 29 | They keep sheep in Magdalen grove now , and I hear the fleecy care bleating all day long : I am shocked to find that none of my pupils , though they are all acquainted with pastoral poetry , regards them as anything but a nuisance : and one of my colleagues has been heard to ask why sheep have their wool cut off . |
| 30 | On about the eighteenth floor , I hear the elevator doors open and voices cursing in Polish above . |