Example sentences of "he heard the [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He heard the man laugh . |
| 2 | He heard the girl run back down the steps and her footsteps faded in the distance . |
| 3 | He was just looking round for some quiet corner to put the case when faintly above the noise in the room he heard the doorbell ring . |
| 4 | Maybe he 'd already started up the stairs when he heard the lady coming down and dodged round them to hide . |
| 5 | Then he heard Boy say ‘ Yes , ’ and then he heard the TV change ; Boy had got up and turned it over to a boxing match , which was something Boy never usually watched . |
| 6 | The bell probably cut short her conversation for almost at once he heard the telephone replaced and she called out : ‘ Who is that ? ’ |
| 7 | He heard the Direktor calling them back to work again , and he crossed to Ingrid who was nervously studying her score , her lips moving as yet again she went over the part she already knew in minute detail . |
| 8 | He did n't turn round when he heard the door bang . |
| 9 | He heard the door open upstairs , then the sound of voices mingled with a scraping of chairs . |
| 10 | He was just laying the cards down for another game , when he heard the door open behind him . |
| 11 | He heard the door open , the nurse come in . |
| 12 | Amiss was clearing away dirty glasses in the Smoking Room after lunch when he heard the door open and Glastonbury ‘ s voice crying , ‘ No , no , Cully . |
| 13 | He heard the door close . |
| 14 | ‘ So what do you want ? ’ asked Charlie once he heard the door close . |
| 15 | Parks claimed that he was n't even aware of what was happening till he heard the door slam shut as the thieves made their escape . |
| 16 | Ten yards further down the corridor , he heard the door slam with a resounding crack . |
| 17 | He heard the door crash . |
| 18 | He turned as he heard the door swish shut behind her . |
| 19 | ‘ Bitte ? ’ he heard the scientist ask from inside . |
| 20 | He heard the calm voice , but could feel the trembling body which gave it the lie . |
| 21 | It 's not that he did n't say it , but he was somewhere else at the time , and he just heard the bit of it , he heard the back end of it . |
| 22 | The line went dead and a moment later he heard the characteristic click as the interception machinery disengaged . |
| 23 | George lay with bated breath until he heard the taxi turn at the end of the street , then jumped from the bed . |
| 24 | He could n't go off to sleep again unless he heard the anvil ring . |
| 25 | Jed also had part-time employment in the Job Centre , and he turned pale when he heard the minuscule rent Jarvis was asking . |
| 26 | He heard the Medjay come up behind him . |
| 27 | He heard the dialling tone and stabbed the 9 button three times . |
| 28 | For the second time in three months he heard the battering sound of hobnailed boots climbing the wooden stairs to fetch a body . |
| 29 | From the stalls in the sanctuary he heard the master assembling the choir , rehearsing the hymns and canticles for the feast of Corpus Christi . |
| 30 | As he made for the door he heard the phone ringing in the hall and when he entered he saw Joe turn from the telephone table towards him , saying , ‘ It 's for you , Martin . |