Example sentences of "listen to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A&R staff do n't listen to a tape for the first time in front of a new artist . |
| 2 | I can also listen to a conversation between mining engineers and understand ninety-five per cent of it , even after all these years . |
| 3 | Also , it is n't physically possible to sit and listen to a rap album all the way through . |
| 4 | If a saint could kiss a leper then surely a girl could listen to a man such as he ? |
| 5 | A sign of our having grown up is not just that we would n't listen to a Top Twenty single even if by any chance we could , but that we organize life so that we will never have to listen , by chance , to a Top Twenty single . |
| 6 | Henry could n't work out , from Donald 's description , which of these alternatives was best described by the Madonna Complex , indeed he did n't really listen to a word either of them said . |
| 7 | ‘ He would always listen to a player 's problems and offer help where he could . |
| 8 | With luck the conversation is defused into either mice or begonias , and then you will get a chance to get a word in edgeways rather than listen to a lecture which could become controversial or boring ( and hard work to speechread ) . |
| 9 | Amanullah had been influenced by what he saw as the modernising reforms introduced in Turkey and Iran : he tried to build up a central army , organised a parliament , and decreed that women should wear western dress : the final straw for the tribes came when he made their leaders listen to a five-day speech . |
| 10 | As well as speaking three languages , Danielle could listen to a tune , then sit at the piano and play it note perfect . |
| 11 | ‘ I had to sit and listen to a lot of boys acting as over-privileged plonkers , ’ said Ms d'Argy Smith , whose magazine forked out £1,000 to back the end-of-term debate . |
| 12 | And even after due allowance has been made for the undeniable fact , easily forgotten as it is , that literature is written by writers , and that writers are likely to be highly exceptional beings who actively prefer working alone , there is still something persuasively representative about the man in the play who would rather listen to a new recording of a favourite opera than to the problems of his neighbours and relatives . |
| 13 | If you were to talk to him , I 'm sure he would listen to a fine man like yourself . |
| 14 | The ceremony was thus quite depressing when I had to sit and listen to a boring , unknown , dreary , old codger who was ‘ GIVEN ’ an honorary degree — which course did he attend ? |
| 15 | Free all that valuable time wasted on such bureaucratic chores to go and listen to a few people who have something important to say . |
| 16 | Er oh , before we do that let's just n just listen to a few more seconds of this tape . |
| 17 | Keep the Looms well oiled and follow the Chronicles , I tell them , but they do n't listen to a word I say . |
| 18 | Do n't listen to a word they say . |
| 19 | One quarter — 25% — said they 'd listen to a Radio News Network . |
| 20 | One quarter — 25% — said they 'd listen to a Radio News Network . |
| 21 | For example , one might listen to a radio play while cooking , send a sonnet to a lover , or answer an exam question on the play or poem at A-level . |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't you ever listen to a word I say to you ? ’ he bit out thickly . |
| 23 | The congregation at Ingleton Church will listen to a lively discussion between a vicar turned interviewer and the head teacher of the local school . |
| 24 | Does n't listen to a word I say . |
| 25 | Does n't listen to a word I say , like , the women 's no good cos I told some things about which would really made yet more of his hair fall of the top of his bald head , I said I said look , a working women needs a working man to help support herself and her children , I said , er no , nobody is going to be able these days , a woman not going to be able to support herself on twenty hours a week , which is what Karen does , putting out bread in the Asda . |
| 26 | But how often do we listen to a Scottish accent ? |
| 27 | Got ta listen to a little bit of |
| 28 | Come what may , Miller would listen to no counsel , not even his loyal publisher . |
| 29 | Do not listen to the tempting voices . |
| 30 | Do n't listen to the well-meaning friend who says ‘ two of these will get rid of that headache ’ or ‘ a dose of this will cure your constipation ’ . |