Example sentences of "i can hear " in BNC.

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1 I can hear what you say . ’
2 There 's nothing you can do about it , ’ I can hear some of you thinking .
3 From within the cover the ride is impressive ; closer to the ground , I can hear thumps and bangs as well as the runners hiss .
4 I can hear the dogs panting ahead and occasionally I am flurried by snow kicked up from a runner .
5 It 's dark , but I know it 's Marie cos she 's got her jangly boots on and I can hear them .
6 A door slams along the corridor and I can hear music coming from upstairs .
7 I can hear Marie and Peter talking soft , but I do n't listen to them .
8 I can hear a woman calling ‘ Benjy , Benjy ’ and I turn round to see what 's up .
9 ‘ Yes , I can hear you , ’ Erika said .
10 ‘ Yes , it 's me , and I can hear you . ’
11 I can hear them telling the architect not to spare a single sou .
12 I can hear it .
13 ‘ No , no , Jamie , that 's the ambulance I can hear now , come to pick her up . ’
14 Sorry , I can hear how it sounds .
15 I can hear but never see him telling me for the tenth or hundredth time the story of the Wiltshire moonrakers … and many another comic tale or rhyme .
16 But I can hear nuns singing quietly , sweetly , invisible behind thick wooden grilles .
17 — After a minute , I can hear me great-grandad say , ‘ I can see you , nurse ! ’ , and I hear the nurse give a little squeal .
18 ‘ Ah , now I can hear you properly .
19 I can hear it like the constant traffic noise below my window .
20 I can hear him now , sniffing and purring under his lank hair , pretending to be full of ‘ compassion ’ or concern as he recounts the endlessly embellished details of my so-called iniquity .
21 I can hear myself running through a subway , sobbing and stumbling , with footsteps behind me , like a terrifying nightmare .
22 Somewhere distant , faint , off to my right , I can hear a cuckoo calling as he moves among the coppices and hedgerows .
23 Day and night I can hear that wheel turning and the machines going .
24 Even as I write I can hear Imran Khan sighing all the way from Lahore .
25 I can hear it , ’ Charlie nodded at her .
26 I can hear you , but ca n't see a thing other than that fire . ’
27 I can hear critics cry .
28 I can hear you shouting .
29 I can hear the sea
30 I can hear the murmur of it all in my head , and smell the sweet air .
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