Example sentences of "could hear [noun prp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Langley rose from a chair by the fire and Alexandra was aware of her daughters and someone else on a sofa in the great square bay window ; and even as Mrs Langley was greeting her she could hear Rose say clearly , ‘ Well , whatever else she has n't got , she certainly has elegant clothes , ’ and Alexandra , stung out of all terror quite suddenly , said crisply , ‘ I will tell my aunt how much you admire her taste . |
| 2 | I could hear Quigley give a sort of low whimper , but otherwise he said nothing . |
| 3 | Behind her , in the shadows , she could hear Florence making odd , bad-tempered cow-noises as she shifted about on the hard floor . |
| 4 | He could hear Buddie yelling at the top of his voice as he thrashed the dogs , and the rattle of chains as Rosie and Lady leaped about , barking and snarling in confused excitement . |
| 5 | He could hear Lorton moving around quietly on the floor above . |
| 6 | She could hear Maria clattering about with her water buckets in the yard and far off church bells ringing somewhere north of the Arno . |
| 7 | I I could hear Meg talking a minute ago to me . |
| 8 | She could hear Moxie catching her breath . |
| 9 | Coffin could hear Jordan speak to someone else in the room . |
| 10 | When she returned two hours later , pausing to unhitch her skirt , which had caught on the wire safety railing , she could hear Nathan cursing angrily . |
| 11 | He could hear Carolyn reading a story to Annie , the words coming clear at certain points then fading back to a murmur . |
| 12 | As she opened the front door of 97 , Becky could hear Daphne splashing around in the bath . |
| 13 | They could hear Oliver banging and kicking at the cellar door . |
| 14 | Through the sudden fierce pulsing of her blood , she could hear Taggy describing how she had found her mistress clinging to a bedpost in one of the spare chambers . |
| 15 | She could hear Feargal treading softly down behind her , could imagine the stupid grin on his face , and , with a last determined effort , she humped her suitcase to the front door . |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | Ace thought she could hear Defries shouting . |
| 18 | Hovering by the connecting door , she waited until she could hear Travis speaking on the telephone then quickly let herself out again . |
| 19 | As she worked , adding to the pitifully small pile , she could hear Travis talking on the radio behind her . |
| 20 | As she could hear Jack coming down the stairs she returned to the kitchen and picked up the metal spoon and plunged it into the saucepan which she had not yet put on to heat . |
| 21 | Family friend Kenneth Duke said : ‘ I could hear Claire shouting for help . |
| 22 | And over the sounds of Duvall 's pistol shots , a deafening punctuation to the sounds of the beast and the storm , Cardiff could hear Duvall spitting out words between each shot as he descended . |
| 23 | I could hear Timmy shouting . |
| 24 | He could hear John breathing , and in the distance , distinguish the dim shape of the sapper . |
| 25 | Zambia could hear Jahsaxa clucking appreciatively somewhere nearby . |
| 26 | I could hear Sorley thumping around inside and then a distinctive whine and a sort of humming stutter . |
| 27 | I could hear Frederico saying it . |
| 28 | The partitions were thin and they could hear Garland giving instructions to his patient to make certain movements and assume certain postures . |
| 29 | Anna could hear Edward calling but she kept in her hiding place , covering her mouth so that he would n't hear her laugh . |
| 30 | She could hear Brian moving about in his study overhead . |