Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] listen to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And of course I listened to Elmore James , and all the Delta players — Tampa Red , Robert Pete Williams and Mississippi John Hurt . |
| 2 | The young Robert Zimmerman had changed his name to Bob Dylan and had been wailing away for a couple of years or so , and Nicholson was among the first of his fans who listened to and studied the words of his anti-establishment anthems , ‘ The Times , They Are A-Changin ’ and his ‘ Mr Tambourine Man ’ which was a taunting , haunting song with a very hard edge that white middle-class youth took to be an ode to a dope dealer , which Dylan denied . |
| 3 | ‘ Guitarists I listen to are classical and pseudo jazz-classical players . |
| 4 | DeVreer typified the kind of Los Angeles thinking at the time among the youngsters who listened to his vitriolic demolition of the Californian life . |
| 5 | I saw him at the very moment in his life when he earned the name Elethandian gave him : the boy who listens to the voice of the oak . |
| 6 | In between these two extremes comes the large mass of honourable and intelligent outdoor enthusiasts who listen to the frothings and bayings back and forth between the two factions with alarm , but without the detailed information from both sides which would enable them freely and democratically to make up their own minds , and if necessary bring their concerted pressure to bear on one side or the other to desist . |
| 7 | At Engineers ' Hall we listened to experts like D. A. D. Reeve , chief executive of the Severn Trent Water Authority , D. Gaulter , director general of the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors , and W. T. Devenay , director of water , Strathclyde Regional Council . |
| 8 | On Sunday nights at home we listen to Dan Dare on Radio Luxemburg and that week 's episode is replayed and embellished , with Ann and her brother , who also read it in the Eagle . |
| 9 | At home we listened to the official news , which we knew was full of propaganda . |
| 10 | During lunch he listened to animated discussions on the iniquities of British taxation , the necessity for bringing back hanging , indiscipline in schools and the general supine attitude of British politicians . |
| 11 | To me , and to the hundreds of ordinary French housewives who listened to his talks and read his books , his ideas and his attitude to cookery were stimulating and liberating . |
| 12 | Just the one nutter who listens to the fridge and can heave his plastic in our direction — ’ |
| 13 | Yes , stand up Mr we listening to those three charges and maybe you 'll no test certificate in those two . |
| 14 | Every evening he listens to one of the masters — Schubert , Schumann , Beethoven , Brahms — a habit which he can not miss without physical anguish . |
| 15 | Jo no-one listens to my tapes anyway . |
| 16 | Sitting on a stone wall she listened to tourists who sprawled on grass where they were asked not to encroach . |
| 17 | We have a God who longs to answer prayer ; a God who listens to our words and answers them ; a God who knows our thoughts and answers the prayers that we can not express in words ; a God whose ability to answer prayer is not limited by the finite , but who can do infinitely more abundantly above all that we can ask for or think of asking . |
| 18 | All night we listened to the sound of guns and shouting , but in the morning , when the sun came up , the captain was master of his ship again . |
| 19 | Sunday night we listen to the er Messiah , I was going to tape it and I thought no I do n't , I doubt if this tape would this machine |
| 20 | all day he listens to the squeak of puppies , |
| 21 | His father had died serving the Empire as one of the Black Riders and as the boy looks down on the great imperial road from the quiet house of his foster-parents he listens to tales of the powerful Count Jasper , Governor of the Citadel and commander of those orthodox forces . |
| 22 | In one week I listened to the English boy singing the praises of my dark colouring and frizzy hair , felt him kiss me on the cheek with obvious pleasure whenever I cooked a meal and when I came in from work , or when we sat watching television together , and found him waiting for me at the end of the road when I was late back for some reason . |
| 23 | Richard Baxter had preached to large congregations who listened to him very attentively . |
| 24 | Yes , Comrade Fay is permanently indignant about the insidious threats of the socalled right-wing to the so-called left-wing about white people who do n't like the un-white people who listen to Tracy Chapperson ; about the legit community police forces like the Guardian Angels and generally about anyone who was n't in ‘ The Commitments ’ or anyone who thinks that the political line in Christy Moore records is puke . |
| 25 | Erm , trying to engender that feeling in in the people who listen to it . |
| 26 | Senior staff who listened to parents were sometimes able to negotiate improvements , but sometimes they uncovered a family history of truancy to be overcome . |
| 27 | ‘ In most record companies , it 's the junior members of staff who listen to the tapes and then refer them upwards . |
| 28 | Especially at the volume she listens to it . |
| 29 | Even though the chances of owning a boarding house were less then the people we listened to first believed , they had a distinctive orientation to work which no other group expressed . |
| 30 | He spoke with distinction , one with significance , knowing what he was saying in spite of the unpretentious rabble he listened to in reply . |