Example sentences of "[conj] he listen to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is likely that he listened to the sentimental ballads of the time , and married them to the classicism in which he was trained . |
| 2 | A glass of iced cognac and soda dangled from his right hand and he listened to the jazz with an expression of seraphic contentment on his face . |
| 3 | Christopher did n't reply , sensibly enough , thought Alan , and he listened to the clink of china and cutlery as the two women cleared the coffee cups and last few lunch things . |
| 4 | ‘ Colin Todd told me centre half was my position , but he listened to the crowd and made me a scapegoat after a Cup defeat at Aston Villa . |
| 5 | He was thinking while he listened to the logical thought processes of Leon Gusev . |
| 6 | Finally her arms went gently round his waist , and for a long time they sat there , while he listened to the sounds of the party , and felt — against his side , and within the perimeter his arm made around her — the gentle ebb and flow of her breath , Please , please , do n't come now , Mrs Hunter . |
| 7 | His boyish features seemed almost bright , almost happy , as he listened to the Coroner questioning a police Inspector , who had been in charge of the Metropolitan Police 's part in the operation . |
| 8 | Oliver 's tears fell fast as he listened to the story of his father . |
| 9 | He was playing with it impatiently as he listened to the old man . |
| 10 | As he listened to the answers he learned more than he could have done in other ways about the existing culture of the former two separate schools . |
| 11 | He bent his head to the ground , trying to catch his breath as he listened to the warning bells of the horse-drawn fire engines , heading to the inferno . |
| 12 | He was all muscle and sinew , with no spare flesh as far as she could tell , the aura of strength very marked even in repose as he lay relaxed , his hands clasped behind his head , his face shuttered and dreaming as he listened to the music . |
| 13 | That evening Charlie hardly opened his mouth as he listened to the different accents of the men babbling around him . |
| 14 | As he listened to the words he nearly fell off his chair with surprise . |