Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] hear a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day , perhaps , I 'll hear a screech of brakes |
| 2 | I could hear a clock ticking in his room . |
| 3 | The reason I knew it was n't you was that I could hear a man 's voice . |
| 4 | I think I could hear a tractor working . |
| 5 | I could hear a lot of shouting in the palace . |
| 6 | It was dark and windy outside , and before I went to sleep I could hear a dog growling in the distance . |
| 7 | I would hear a teacher 's viewpoint . |
| 8 | I can , I can hear a bird singing |
| 9 | I can hear a chuckle in some quarters but I feel he never let England down . |
| 10 | In my neighbourhood I can hear a sampling of Spanish , Portuguese , Chinese , Urdu , Polish , Italian and West Indian English when I take my children across the street to the park . |
| 11 | Somewhere distant , faint , off to my right , I can hear a cuckoo calling as he moves among the coppices and hedgerows . |
| 12 | Let's go — I think I can hear a van in the driveway . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I ca n't see , but I can hear a finger move . |
| 14 | Outside I can hear a sound which is also achingly familiar to me : someone is trimming the grass outside with shears . |
| 15 | I can hear a train go by . |
| 16 | I can hear a woman calling ‘ Benjy , Benjy ’ and I turn round to see what 's up . |
| 17 | I can hear a car coming . |
| 18 | I can hear a car , I think there 's one gon na come round the corner |
| 19 | Suppose that I believe that there is a police car in the road outside because I can hear a police siren . |
| 20 | The Red Lion 's so noisy , nobody 'll hear a word , ’ said Gerald with complete seriousness . |
| 21 | He was shouting at the top of his voice into the microphone but save for a few at the front of the crowd , nobody could hear a word because someone had cut the amplifier cable . |
| 22 | If you listen very carefully to the background music , you might hear a clue to who has committed the crime , that 's if you know Morse code . |
| 23 | Listen to the powerful , sinewy , stop-start ‘ Tristessa ’ or the sledgehammer rattle of ‘ I Am One ’ ( both off the wild ‘ Gish ’ LP ) and you 'll hear a group that loves to have melodies buzzing through a lattice framework of rhythm , a group with chemistry and a group with a sense of direction . |
| 24 | It 's not often you 'll hear a batting order read , Christiansen , Mikkelsen , Nielson and Jensen … it 's not often you 'll hear them talk cricket in Danish … |
| 25 | You 'll hear a gun half an hour before the sun goes down to call you back . ’ |
| 26 | She could hear a voice , calling her . |
| 27 | She thought she could hear a noise . |
| 28 | From somewhere she could hear a lecturer droning ; maybe it needed speeding up a little . |
| 29 | She could hear a hedgehog moving ‘ noiselessly ’ in the undergrowth , distinguish trees by the rustle of their leaves in the wind and the feel of their bark , and know of the nearness of flowers by their scents . |
| 30 | Now , when Tallis listened hard , she could hear a drum being beaten as a warning . |