Example sentences of "could have heard " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could have heard a pin drop if anyone in the room had dropped one . |
| 2 | Sandy McGlashan had arrived late , his hair plastered down with sweat ; he was spluttering over the tale , to whoever would listen , of how he had ‘ come up flemyng and Menzies of Bolfracks , in the street at Aberfeldy , they had their heads together and were plotting something wicked , no doubt about it , if only he could have heard what they were saying ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ The world is crumbling around me , Wilson , ’ she said , the words so faint only a finely attuned ear could have heard them . |
| 4 | The way information zoomed round Shellerton , anyone theoretically could have heard of the lost camera and the way to find it . |
| 5 | There was a pause in which you could have heard a pin drop — if you could have heard anything over the machine noise which had so invaded their senses that it had the quality of silence . |
| 6 | There was a pause in which you could have heard a pin drop — if you could have heard anything over the machine noise which had so invaded their senses that it had the quality of silence . |
| 7 | Some of the crowd attempted to strike up with ‘ We shall overcome ’ but they were interrupted by a police loudspeaker announcement , which was shouted down ; this was probably an order to disperse but very few could have heard it . |
| 8 | This was a warning which , as Fergus Pyle reported , very few of them could have heard . |
| 9 | Epstein as he listened leant towards Brahe , and Brahe as he spoke leant towards Epstein , and they were so involved with each other , and in any case the engine noise was so continuous and enveloping , like the air , that no-one , behind them , could have heard anything ! |
| 10 | Well you could have heard a pin drop . |
| 11 | I WISH I COULD HAVE HEARD THAT . |
| 12 | I could have heard even though closed doors — I stopped my ears . |
| 13 | In interpreting ambiguous primary legislation or in construing common law powers , the Court could have heard Convention-based arguments and , if convinced by them , acted upon them . |
| 14 | Nevertheless it is a remarkable tribute to the perseverance and courage of the participants that the ceremonial proceedings were concluded , although no one could have heard a single word of what was spoken into the gale and blown back . |
| 15 | You could have heard it all , if you 'd had the ears . |
| 16 | you know I only wish I could have heard him |
| 17 | I wish you could have heard the session of the Assembly on industry , and in particular the speech by Les Dennison , branch chairman of the plumbers ' trades union in Coventry , England . |
| 18 | Well , the people were so impressed they , you could have heard a pin drop in that hall , and he really in our Welsh way he put it over proper you know and erm the Chairman made a quite a nice remark in the end he said , Now he said we must remember these two fellows here , I said , They are Welsh and they speak Welsh as their first language they do n't speak it for fancy they use it every day and he said I think they 've done exceedingly well er to come down here and give us the Because what happen I was sit in the front row and somebody asked me a question and he said , Perhaps er Dafydd there can answer . |
| 19 | In the ensuing silence she could have heard a flea move in the rushes on the floor . |
| 20 | Suddenly you could have heard a pin drop , which is enough to make anyone feel self-conscious . |
| 21 | Only she could have heard the vein of ice underlying the apparently welcoming words . |
| 22 | You could have heard a pin drop . |
| 23 | ‘ You could have heard a pin drop , ’ recalls Mr Rusby , of Linden Road . |