Example sentences of "i listened to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one week I listened to the English boy singing the praises of my dark colouring and frizzy hair , felt him kiss me on the cheek with obvious pleasure whenever I cooked a meal and when I came in from work , or when we sat watching television together , and found him waiting for me at the end of the road when I was late back for some reason . |
| 2 | I listened to the record . |
| 3 | Later I picked up a station from Orlando , WINS — I listened to a maudlin piece about the poor families of soldiers and pilots . |
| 4 | The connection between girls suffering from eating disorders and violently hating their own bodies , and sexual violence in society , struck me more and more powerfully as I listened to girls talking about periods , body shape and size , and how they feel about their bodies . |
| 5 | I listened to the starch in her voice , observed it in the straightness of her backbone , recognised the ramrod will that made no concessions to hardship . |
| 6 | I listened to the wind . |
| 7 | I listened to her footsteps cross the hall and start up the great staircase , then proceeded to the doorway myself . |
| 8 | But as I listened to the stories of these prisoners it was difficult not to be overwhelmed with feelings of hate and revenge . |
| 9 | Neither therapy was enjoyed and I listened to the catalogue of side effects like a reporter who had just pierced the darkest Amazonian forest and was observing a new race for the first time . |
| 10 | Later I descended with the songs of the skylarks still in my ears and I listened to the grumbling of the men in the mist of the grey streets . |
| 11 | I listened to one choral song from Southwark Cathedral , prayers were said for a family whose names would mean nothing to the vast majority of listeners . |
| 12 | In my homeless state , I listened to these independent old ladies and vowed to remember both tactics when my time came . |
| 13 | As I listened to passages of Scripture read aloud , or to the Preaching of the Word , ( very important in non-conformist chapels ! ) |
| 14 | I listened to this tale of woe and as I dug with my tiny spade , wondered what I might find , an arm or perhaps a leg , but the only discoveries that I made were small pieces of coal washed up on the beach . |
| 15 | After that I listened to my Walkman , and later talked to Ron . |
| 16 | ‘ The music I listened to when I was growing up was mainly what you 'd call the ‘ British new wave invasion ’ — the Buzzcocks , Generation X , early XTC , Elvis Costello . |
| 17 | And of course I listened to Elmore James , and all the Delta players — Tampa Red , Robert Pete Williams and Mississippi John Hurt . |
| 18 | I heard the Allman Brothers ’ first album once and was n't impressed ; then I listened to it again , and wham — it got me ! |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been playing Jimi 's stuff live for about fifteen years , now , ’ says Hansen , ‘ but The Ventures was what I listened to first , then it was The Stones and The Beatles . |
| 20 | I listened to the Tories achieving their majority while putting away bottles and doing the washing up . |
| 21 | Next I listened to a message from Andy Kennedy talking about the unreached peoples of the 10–40 window , which includes Saudi Arabia , and how the Lord wanted them to hear the good news . |
| 22 | While I busied myself , I listened to what Dad said to Mary . |
| 23 | They were chattering like a lot of parrots but I listened to what was said . |
| 24 | As I listened to him fumbling for words of explanation , I wished he could have said boldly that what was thought to be so heinous today was not thought to be so then , but that looking back now , he deeply regretted what had happened . |
| 25 | I listened to the storm . |
| 26 | He was older so I listened to him , so I 'd shoplift all these things and give them to him . ’ |
| 27 | Whenever they visited me I listened to him reading . |
| 28 | I listened to others ' crises but did n't want to accept that I was in the middle of my own . |
| 29 | I listened to her and the sisters and then I went and picked up Orlando from school . |
| 30 | Next I listened to the recent EMI disc comprising Dvořák 's American and Smetana 's From my life Quartets performed by the Alban Berg Quartet . |