Example sentences of "[pron] could hear [art] [noun pl] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The landing was ablaze and I could hear the soldiers shouting downstairs . |
| 2 | I could hear the bones breaking … |
| 3 | When I looked then at first I could n't see , it was all — you know — black like inside my eyes , but I knew they were open and I could hear the kids yelling — and when I got up he was lying on the sofa , snoring — he must 've just dropped me and let me where I lie- ’ She stopped and Clare sat quietly waiting . |
| 4 | I could hear the salvoes going over as Taff got into his trench and indicated that I should get into mine . |
| 5 | Behind me I could hear the men calling again , " Hey , mister . |
| 6 | While she changed , she could hear the others laughing and singing and when she emerged from the changing-room she found them all in the foyer waiting for her to emerge . |
| 7 | And she could hear the rooks cawing too . |
| 8 | Far above she could hear the leaves whispering in the currents of Undersea . |
| 9 | One enquirer said that she could hear the Messengers talking while being unable to speak to them . |
| 10 | While she did so , she could hear the launches tying up and the sound of laughter . |
| 11 | She sat and held her breath , and felt that she could hear the trees growing around her and that she was part of the same quiet measured progress , in a world devoid of people . |
| 12 | As she looked for a hiding place she could hear the voices increasing in volume . |
| 13 | When she went downstairs to make herself some toast it was still very dark , although it was eight o'clock and she could hear the children talking in their room . |
| 14 | Ruth tried not to show her terror when the timbers creaked and moaned like tormented spirits and she could hear the waves breaking on the deck above them . |
| 15 | ‘ We had a nest of white sticks in a tree and I can remember others of our kind soaring high on the wind and then stooping from out of that same hot sky , down towards the surface of the lake , their stoop so fast that you could hear the winds riffling and racing in their outstretched wings . |
| 16 | No that 's Dorothy , is n't it , the one that goes we were strolling along on moonlight bay , so you could hear the clouds singing you stole my heart moonlight bay . |
| 17 | Mrs Glews : Well first of all you heard the sirens go off and then you all went down to the shelter and you could hear the planes coming over . |
| 18 | For hours , you could hear the dolphins rearing up |
| 19 | We could hear the engines revving up as one by one the aircraft started their nerve-wracking blind journey down the runway , and miraculously each managed a safe take-off without dislodging their bombs . |
| 20 | The barking was getting closer by the second and we could hear the hunters whistling and shouting orders to the dogs , and the sound of the boar scrunching dried leaves and snapping dead branches as it hurtled down through the trees . |
| 21 | They could hear the men talking over their bodies . |
| 22 | In a short time one returned with his beak full , and they could hear the nestlings squeaking as he flew out of sight beneath their feet . |
| 23 | He could hear the wings cracking , like whips beating the air . |
| 24 | He could hear the men beginning the old bawdy ‘ Thousand and One Nights of the Wolfking ‘ , which had been written about Cormac , and which Lugh did not care for overmuch , because even if you discounted half the things it said , you were still left with a patently exaggerated tale . |
| 25 | He could hear the pipes chugging and banging together and from below came the rattling of pots in the kitchen , and the faint smell of a freshly lit fire . |