Example sentences of "[pron] could hear them [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could hear them fumbling with the ladder at the window . |
| 2 | I could hear them pulling drawers out and they said they 'd go . |
| 3 | I could hear them coming after me . |
| 4 | When I went into the shop people were tripping over themselves and banging into things and I could hear them saying : ‘ That 's Geoffrey Boycott — Geoffrey Boycott , sat in that car . ’ |
| 5 | I could hear them laughing behind me . |
| 6 | I could hear them laughing and talking . |
| 7 | I could hear them talking to the neighbours : ‘ He 's a bit thick , our Sean . ’ |
| 8 | It was funny cos I could hear them talking and I was really sort of like |
| 9 | Every morning she could hear them singing their mantras with the children . |
| 10 | It had claws like an eagle talons ; she could hear them shredding and splintering the wood . |
| 11 | She could hear them yawning and coughing as they moved around . |
| 12 | She could hear them whispering in the passage . |
| 13 | When Ember was away , no-one came to see her , though sometimes she could hear them arguing outside . |
| 14 | And she could hear them talking through the bedroom wall . |
| 15 | As you passed you could hear them murmuring ‘ Ya Allah ! |
| 16 | They argued while eating their meals , having baths and in their sleep too you could hear them shouting . |
| 17 | You know you could hear you could hear them shouting you know goodnight and things like that . |
| 18 | Apparently you could hear them shouting all round the college . |
| 19 | I talked too much to the other girls over coffee , I went on and on about Eliot 's Chinese jar moving perpetually in its stillness , how ironic , and you could hear them wishing I 'd stop and somehow I could n't . |
| 20 | You could hear them coming from the distance , back . |
| 21 | And er you you you could hear them patting this butter outside a shop you know , it was a lovely sound on marble slabs and they were patting away at this butter . |
| 22 | You could hear them cracking . |
| 23 | You could hear them talking . |
| 24 | You could hear them wailing above the noise of the aircraft . ’ |
| 25 | You could hear them squeaking off from a distance . |
| 26 | Just like a dance and they sung and they had just in each station you could hear them in Papa Stronsay we could hear them singing and dancing . |
| 27 | We could hear them banging about , shifting things and wondered nervously if we were in for another move . |
| 28 | They left the hatch open , and we could hear them going about the barge , arguing with the bargemen . |
| 29 | We could hear them coming up the stairs right to our door and then shouting and hammering on it . |
| 30 | We could hear them laughing and chattering beyond the reeds , their dresses flashing bright glints of colour through the green stalks . |