Example sentences of "i [verb] hear " in BNC.

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1 Of course I heard I 've heard all the arguments about co-opting , but I 'll tell the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh this that who 's going to do the co-opting , those who are already on the police authority
2 I mean hearing from God is much more important than scotsport , is n't it ?
3 ‘ No , I mean heard . ’
4 I got to hear of several healers , but there was one in particular towards whom I was subtly steered .
5 I got to hear about it from the police . ’
6 Somehow I expected to hear ‘ eggs ’ — well you would , would n't you ?
7 I strained to hear , and had just decided that it would be difficult to hear an idling motor over the lap and rush of the sea in the channel , when I saw the light .
8 I strained to hear if it was a record but it was that tune , broken in his usual stumbling places .
9 I strained to hear my mother 's words as she answered the phone , but they were muffled , brief , as if responding to a death .
10 I strain to hear clips of conversation ; I long to hear Dublin in their voices , to feel that I am really here .
11 I expect to hear this morning from Yuli Voronpsov , the country 's deputy prime minister , that private contractors are moving into the Kremlin Hospital in Moscow .
12 I expect to hear that it matches Dr Darnell 's fingernails .
13 Tommaso began saying , ‘ I expect to hear any day now … . ’
14 I want to hear what the doctor has to say .
15 I pay , for I want to hear more of Elena 's story , to compare it with what I learned earlier in the evening .
16 But if I want to hear the long , late-night groove on side two , I have to play the album .
17 And I want to hear more about the kissing and canoodling . ’
18 ‘ Peace ’ is a fragile word , but the King has said — ‘ I want to hear the tracks of bulldozers , not tanks … the footsteps of travellers , not troops . ’
19 If I want to hear about politics , I 'll go out and vote .
20 I want to hear politicians talk about taxing the polluter , cutting energy , improving public transport , creating way for the disabled to travel easily and getting freight off the roads .
21 I want to hear them discuss how they will bring an end to all forms of intensive animal farming , ban bloodsports , end testing on animals , stop animals being used in circuses , ban imports of fur products and end this disgraceful trade .
22 I want to hear how politicians plan to remove all nuclear weapons now that we know from experience — following the Gulf War — that nuclear weapons are not a deterrent .
23 I want to hear all about Pinehurst . ’
24 Say them now for I want to hear them .
25 If I 'm in an audience I want to hear the solo on the record and see the guy pull it off live .
26 I want to hear what you 've got to say now 'cos at the moment it 's hard enough listening to your gems to even contemplate buying what 's spouting out of your Arsenal .
27 And if I want to hear inane rat-tat-tats I 'll go to the jungle and listen to the crickets .
28 I answered her look with as much affection in my own expression as I could muster and added , ‘ But I want to hear , my lady , tawil omrich .
29 I want to hear , my friend . ’
30 But I want to hear it all .
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