Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] listened " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd listened to Gareth tell him in detail on Sunday evening . |
| 2 | I 'd listened to my father when he told me how to act with the top players , and there was n't a blade of grass I did n't know at St Andrews . |
| 3 | ‘ If only I 'd listened to the old folk telling their stories . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ A while ago I said I 'd listened to a thousand , but the figure 's probably closer now to 2000 , ’ says Jim . |
| 5 | At the Police Staff College shortly before I was offered the scholarship to university , I had listened as lists of degrees obtained by previous scholars were read out . |
| 6 | They will say ‘ I did n't know he was hoarding the tablets ’ or ‘ If only I had listened to what he was saying , maybe he was trying to tell me how he felt , and I was always too busy to listen . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I had listened to them spellbound , just as I once , as a small girl , hid behind my father 's sofa and heard Samuel Coleridge recite his Ancient Mariner 's Rime . |
| 8 | By that time , I had listened to so many commercials , and studied their language in such detail , that I was tired of the whole subject . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've listened to the party political broadcast , ’ said Wexford . |
| 10 | Now I 've seen club owners in the movies , and I 've listened to their talk in person , but I 've never heard anyone using a word like muppet before . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've listened to you and your sanctimonious blabberings for the last time ! |
| 12 | But not before I 've listened again to Incesticide ( Geffen ) by Nirvana . |
| 13 | I 've listened to a lot of interest to the people who 've been commenting about the future and the schools and the young children coming in . |
| 14 | She 's talked about it every day since last winter and I 've listened . |
| 15 | I 've sat here patiently , and I 've lifti I 've listened to all the briefly 's and I think I 'm due a brief word to the assembly |
| 16 | The point I would like to put over is , I 've listened to one or two erm , radio programmes , and television programmes about this and I personally would like to have more evidence of what actually happens to the animals . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've listened to the tape recording and I 've perused the report . |
| 18 | I could go on and on and on and I 've listened all week to the debates and I agree with what John said on Sunday . |
| 19 | Now , we have to get over to people this changed idea , and it has n't been got over because nobody that I 've listened to , or talked to , knows , in fact people say , what does the parish council do ? |
| 20 | I 've listened very carefully to Councillor and I have n't learnt a thing about the answer to various questions which were raised at E I D and and I ask it again , why do you really reject the Scheme ? |
| 21 | okay good point and that is that is a point , that you need to be clear about what you want to role plays on as good as the real thing you know but then again sometimes you know sometimes I 've listened to people saying well role plays are a bit harder than real life harder than real life why are we talking about being assertive now . |
| 22 | I 've listened to all the lectures that were about my plan . |
| 23 | Chairman , I 've listened with erm interest to Professor erm weasel words explaining that he did n't mean what he 's been saying for the past three years and trying to explain away what he 's effectively and he might as well admit it a complete volte face worse than that his agreement to an arrangement which he knows is second best . |
| 24 | I know I 've listened to hours of school . |
| 25 | ‘ I have listened to you , Mr Cameron , ’ he said finally , ‘ and you have spoken for the people of Tayside . |
| 26 | From a distance I have managed to see something of their spectacular courtship frolics that take place both on the ground and in the air and I have listened to their songs which , though not rich in melody , seem just right for a world of cliffs and screes . |
| 27 | From a distance I have managed to see something of their spectacular courtship frolics that take place both on the ground and in the air , and I have listened to their songs which , though not rich in melody , seem just right for a world of cliffs and screes . |
| 28 | I have listened to a few of her tracks since and I like them . |
| 29 | They must have recalled the prophetic remarks in 1829 of the Nez Perce elder Speckled Snake : ‘ I have listened to many talks from the great father . |
| 30 | I have listened in vain to hear anyone , in any political party , who has been courageous enough to face up to the crisis in the social services . |