Example sentences of "we could hear [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We could hear things in the score which usually we are obliged to seek out by eyes reading the score .
2 On this day in early June , the foliage was so lush , and the birds at this crucial young-rearing stage so wary that , although we could hear birds all around us , not a glimpse of a feather would we see — unless we followed the Warden 's advice , and skulked .
3 His head was turned towards the door , where we could hear footsteps approaching .
4 From inside we could hear screams of ‘ please , open the door ! ’
5 Now we could hear nightingales again , singing against each other in the woodland scrub .
6 From the banks we could hear dogs barking .
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