Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] could hear [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From inside we could hear screams of ‘ please , open the door ! ’ |
| 2 | Inside they could hear Mr O'Donnell , the vet , playing his accordion but nobody was singing . |
| 3 | Inside he could hear Malik 's voice . |
| 4 | The mist looked as though it had been created by the BBC special effects department for a studio play about Jack the Ripper , and yards away I could hear voices without being able to see the humans making the sound . |
| 5 | Outside I could hear rain falling upon the fire-escape and bouncing back against the window . |
| 6 | When she woke , her husband had gone and outside she could hear horses in the street . |
| 7 | From the room above he could hear Daisy bursting into vigorous song . |
| 8 | Outside he could hear children shouting on the lake . |
| 9 | Also I could hear irony in his tone and I thought that for some reason he was very annoyed indeed . |
| 10 | Now we could hear nightingales again , singing against each other in the woodland scrub . |
| 11 | From behind he could hear horses whinneying , brakes applied , a crash and splintering wood . |
| 12 | More immediately she could hear Paul 's resounding , |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | Almost she could hear Philip whistling … |
| 15 | Old colliers used to say that in the mines sometimes you could hear noises that were not just the noise of settlement or movement but something different , the feeling that someone else that you could n't see was working near you . |
| 16 | Either she could hear jungle drums or the beating of her own heart . |
| 17 | She breathed a sigh of relief , and ran through to the living-room where she could hear Stephen 's voice . |
| 18 | She 's difficult to talk to , Penelope thought , moving towards a room where she could hear voices . |
| 19 | Do as I say and follow me , ’ and Berger led the way towards the cafe where they could hear guitar music . |