Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [adv] hear [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | High and very far to the north I could just hear an aeroplane , only the third or fourth I had heard at night since coming to the island . |
| 2 | I could clearly hear the roar of engines above me , and distinctly heard one long burst of cannon fire . |
| 3 | And when I picked it up , I could only hear a whisper . |
| 4 | Halfway home I stopped in the mist to listen , and I could still hear the sound of the file . |
| 5 | She could just hear the silence filling with exasperation , but when he answered he was quite in control of his temper and his voice . |
| 6 | She knew she should refuse this assignment and even resign if necessary but to her annoyance she could still see the magnificent figure on horseback , she could still hear the music and the wild applause . |
| 7 | She guessed they 'd come about twenty yards inland ; she could still hear the sigh and fall of the incoming tide . |
| 8 | She remembered the moment when he had locked the door and she had known herself trapped — she could still hear the sound of Rose Trivet crying her heart out in another part of the house . |
| 9 | She had imagined the unwelcome caller would be quickly repulsed , but after ten minutes , when she could still hear the sound of voices in the outer room , she reluctantly left the bed to enter the shower , and was fully clothed and brushing her hair in front of the bedroom mirror by the time the door opened to re-admit Rune . |
| 10 | She could still hear the chord he had sounded ; still see his fingers spreading to form the shape . |
| 11 | She could still hear the pounding of the waves on the rocks below , but felt lulled rather than threatened by the muffled boom , accepting it as an inescapable sound on an island surrounded by the Atlantic ocean . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , yes ! ’ he drawled , laughing too , but she could still hear the tension in his voice and she knew she had to tell him everything . |
| 13 | And unfortunately , since she could actually hear the machine from the bedroom , it meant that the air-conditioning was on the blink once more ! |
| 14 | She could almost hear the crunch they made . |
| 15 | She could almost hear the tick of its works , that and the beat of her heart ; for , if Rab was young enough to be her son , then her husband was old enough to be her father . |
| 16 | The sound from next door had risen to a mechanical drumbeat , like a pneumatic drill hammering away , it was him , banging and banging away at Jenny , she could almost hear the girl 's screams . |
| 17 | In the sudden silence Isabel thought she could almost hear the life of the garden , preparing for its spring blossoming . |
| 18 | She could almost hear the squelching slurp inside her , as he shafted her from the rear . |
| 19 | She could almost hear the tearing of the flesh . |
| 20 | She could hardly hear the woman 's queries ; her stomach twisted ; his bland little words ticked in her head — soon , very soon . |
| 21 | You could always hear the ocean in Dewer Street . |
| 22 | We could still hear the fighting , but it was at a distance , while the sermons from the mosque were louder than ever . |
| 23 | Had it been a real train the sound would have faded off towards the west — away from the hostel instead , and we could now hear the engine as well ; it came towards the hostel over the non-existent harbour branch and clattered to a stop , perhaps at one of the wharves . |
| 24 | They could almost hear the chink of glasses mixed with chatter and laughter . |
| 25 | Beyond the soft sounds of the garden he could just hear the noise of London . |
| 26 | He 'd gone with one once , after a party , back to a flat with a friend of Dave 's , who 'd laughed at him and had eyes that made him feel he was being drawn into something he could n't stop , and when she shed her clothes and left them discarded on the floor he 'd stared , open-mouthed , aware of the noise inside his head , something to do with what he 'd drunk , he could still hear the music , and was aware too of the smell of some cologne that merged with hairspray and covered something that he did not want to know about , the dirt and dust of the room and the female odours that half-attracted and repelled him . |
| 27 | Mind racing , he could still hear the music . |
| 28 | He could almost hear the flapping of spectral wings , as the Grim Reaper himself pursued the car and the dying man they were trying to snatch from his clutches . |