Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] could hear [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was more firing and I could hear chips of wood being torn from the trees . |
| 2 | Cheerful crashes and bangs floated up from Doris 's kitchen as I went back upstairs , and I could hear outbursts of raucous male laughter and pinch-induced shrieks . |
| 3 | Most people were out enjoying themselves and she could hear children on the beach which was not far away . |
| 4 | She moved away , walking beside the river , but she could hear footsteps behind her in the grass , and felt love all around her , like perfume in the air . |
| 5 | At the Reception Desk , no one , but she could hear voices from a part of the room that was out of sight . |
| 6 | Although Hazel guessed that they must now have gone further from the warren than any rabbit he had ever talked to , he was not sure whether they were yet safely away : and it was while he was wondering — not for the first time — whether he could hear sounds of pursuit that he first noticed the dark masses of the trees and the brook disappearing among them . |