Example sentences of "he could [not/n't] hear " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philip ran down through the field so he could n't hear the noise any more . |
| 2 | They rattled and clanked so that Charles had to shout to his Sergeant that he could n't hear a word the man was saying . |
| 3 | He shouted something at Endill but he could n't hear because of the wind and did n't dare move or shout back , frightened he would upset the basket . |
| 4 | Though he could n't hear them , Trent knew that they were setting up a race . |
| 5 | He could n't hear . |
| 6 | Arthur was used to people talking about him in his presence as if he could n't hear . |
| 7 | The voices belonged to Rohmer and Jimmy Devlin , but he could n't hear what they were arguing about as he hauled himself around the staircase rail , paused for gasping breath and looked back down into the stairwell . |
| 8 | He could n't hear her , but as that was what she always said , he assumed she 'd said it again . |
| 9 | The screen shivered and cleared as he cut off , which allowed me to offer him a few choice epithets that he could n't hear . |
| 10 | He could n't hear me , either . |
| 11 | I wanted the Colonel to hear that ; he could n't hear it too many times for my liking . |
| 12 | ‘ If that had been my purpose I would not have tended your wound , ’ she faltered , hoping he could n't hear the tremor in her voice . |
| 13 | Carlson was glad that he could n't hear the sounds of the chaos . |
| 14 | He had been so tired that he could n't hear either the telephone or his alarm clock . |
| 15 | He could n't hear anything , but he could see his father covered in pollen and then he had watched the actress get off the train and a lot of kissing and hugging , and everyone behaving the way theatre people always did behave . |
| 16 | Of course he could n't hear her . |
| 17 | Robert 's mum , a hospital staff nurse , said : ‘ Robert must have been an emergency because he had a vocabulary of four words at the age of three and speech therapy was no good to him because he could n't hear what they were trying to teach him . |
| 18 | He knew only because her lips were moving : he could n't hear a word she said . |
| 19 | I was up there , stood on the landing where he could n't hear me and could n't see me I was |
| 20 | Because he could n't hear properly |
| 21 | He could not hear the mumblers around the Cabinet table . |
| 22 | He could not hear me above the din of the crowd . |
| 23 | I talked , but he could not hear . |
| 24 | He raised his voice even though the old man continued to indicate that he could not hear him . |
| 25 | May also stated that he could not hear any detailed evidence relating to the Four until any criminal proceedings against police officers had been completed . |
| 26 | Maisie was screaming something , but he could not hear what it was . |
| 27 | Woodruffe shouted a question which even he could not hear . |
| 28 | She said something he could not hear and the music ceased . |
| 29 | Gaby muttered something which he could not hear but whose message he got . |