Example sentences of "[pron] could hear [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could hear Nell 's voice announcing calmly that everyone had time for another drink . |
| 2 | ’ I could hear Lili again as the crowd shifted . |
| 3 | Daddy is quite a philosopher , I could hear Mrs Hobbs saying . |
| 4 | I I could hear Meg talking a minute ago to me . |
| 5 | I could hear Quigley give a sort of low whimper , but otherwise he said nothing . |
| 6 | I could hear Auntie Jean shouting at me but I could n't make out anything she was saying . |
| 7 | I could hear Otley 's voice growing fainter . |
| 8 | Was it Monday , no it was yesterday , I was in the loo and I could hear this paper being ripped and I thought oh they 've got one of my club catalogues , I did n't think any more of it and then I could hear Joseph going weee , I thought what the devil 's he got , so went out , Joseph has got the flying circus bus that was meant for Charlotte and him and , Brenda and Charlotte was sharing the , the , garage thing that I 've brought so I thought well now it 's out , well they 're not going to keep all that till I said to him whatever is Father Christmas going to say , I said he 's supposed to be taking these away to bring I said er , what 's Father Christmas gon na say ? , no Ben forget , so I thought while they 're out I could see Joseph 's playing a lot , way with this bus thing , he was having a whale of a time , he thought that was great , so I said to Charlotte I said do you like that bus ? |
| 9 | But I could hear David Riccio 's screams . |
| 10 | I could hear Sorley thumping around inside and then a distinctive whine and a sort of humming stutter . |
| 11 | I could hear Timmy shouting . |
| 12 | I could hear Frederico saying it . |
| 13 | As I crept downstairs , I could hear Mr Rochester in his room , walking up and down and sighing . |
| 14 | Neighbour George Wynne said : ‘ I could hear Susan screaming ‘ Somebody help me ’ . |
| 15 | I could hear Vern puffing , then breathing deeply , then breathing more steadily . |
| 16 | We were alone on deck , though not the only ones awake for I could hear Rickie and Ellen 's voices coming from the open skylight of the main saloon . |
| 17 | Family friend Kenneth Duke said : ‘ I could hear Claire shouting for help . |
| 18 | Behind me , I could hear Mac 's screaming turn … muffled … must have been when … when his face was sucked into the wall . |
| 19 | I could hear Jamie and the girl running after me shouting , but I was already past the old chip shop and the war memorial and picking up speed . |
| 20 | In the surprise-hushed room everyone could hear Carter 's whimpers . |
| 21 | Behind her she could hear Ben , pulling covers off chairs and tables , searching , restlessly searching for something . |
| 22 | Almost she could hear Philip whistling … |
| 23 | Through the sudden fierce pulsing of her blood , she could hear Taggy describing how she had found her mistress clinging to a bedpost in one of the spare chambers . |
| 24 | Behind her , in the shadows , she could hear Florence making odd , bad-tempered cow-noises as she shifted about on the hard floor . |
| 25 | Mrs Langley rose from a chair by the fire and Alexandra was aware of her daughters and someone else on a sofa in the great square bay window ; and even as Mrs Langley was greeting her she could hear Rose say clearly , ‘ Well , whatever else she has n't got , she certainly has elegant clothes , ’ and Alexandra , stung out of all terror quite suddenly , said crisply , ‘ I will tell my aunt how much you admire her taste . |
| 26 | Ace thought she could hear Defries shouting . |
| 27 | As she went round to the back of the Post Office , she could hear Mrs Hollins and Rachel in the kitchen , giggling and chattering while they cooked their Sunday lunch . |
| 28 | She could hear Mrs Owen being castigated for not having turned right and left , instead of left and right , to Haematology , seeing as it was her first time . |
| 29 | She could hear Mrs Lorimer shouting for her favourite lodger , then she heard her say in a loud voice , ‘ It 's a woman . |
| 30 | She could hear Maria clattering about with her water buckets in the yard and far off church bells ringing somewhere north of the Arno . |