Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] hear a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 One day , perhaps , I 'll hear a screech of brakes
2 I could hear a clock ticking in his room .
3 The reason I knew it was n't you was that I could hear a man 's voice .
4 I think I could hear a tractor working .
5 I could hear a lot of shouting in the palace .
6 It was dark and windy outside , and before I went to sleep I could hear a dog growling in the distance .
7 Then I realized that I could hear an engine getting louder and the Shogun was bouncing across the Paddock straight towards me .
8 I would hear a teacher 's viewpoint .
9 I can , I can hear a bird singing
10 I can hear a chuckle in some quarters but I feel he never let England down .
11 In my neighbourhood I can hear a sampling of Spanish , Portuguese , Chinese , Urdu , Polish , Italian and West Indian English when I take my children across the street to the park .
12 Somewhere distant , faint , off to my right , I can hear a cuckoo calling as he moves among the coppices and hedgerows .
13 Let's go — I think I can hear a van in the driveway . ’
14 ‘ I ca n't see , but I can hear a finger move .
15 Outside I can hear a sound which is also achingly familiar to me : someone is trimming the grass outside with shears .
16 I can hear a train go by .
17 I can hear a woman calling ‘ Benjy , Benjy ’ and I turn round to see what 's up .
18 I can hear a car coming .
19 I can hear a car , I think there 's one gon na come round the corner
20 I can hear an engine . ’
21 The Red Lion 's so noisy , nobody 'll hear a word , ’ said Gerald with complete seriousness .
22 He was shouting at the top of his voice into the microphone but save for a few at the front of the crowd , nobody could hear a word because someone had cut the amplifier cable .
23 If you listen very carefully to the background music , you might hear a clue to who has committed the crime , that 's if you know Morse code .
24 Listen to the powerful , sinewy , stop-start ‘ Tristessa ’ or the sledgehammer rattle of ‘ I Am One ’ ( both off the wild ‘ Gish ’ LP ) and you 'll hear a group that loves to have melodies buzzing through a lattice framework of rhythm , a group with chemistry and a group with a sense of direction .
25 It 's not often you 'll hear a batting order read , Christiansen , Mikkelsen , Nielson and Jensen … it 's not often you 'll hear them talk cricket in Danish …
26 You 'll hear a gun half an hour before the sun goes down to call you back . ’
27 She could hear a voice , calling her .
28 She thought she could hear a noise .
29 From somewhere she could hear a lecturer droning ; maybe it needed speeding up a little .
30 She could hear a hedgehog moving ‘ noiselessly ’ in the undergrowth , distinguish trees by the rustle of their leaves in the wind and the feel of their bark , and know of the nearness of flowers by their scents .
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