Example sentences of "i heard the [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no answer though I heard the faint mewing of the cat . |
| 2 | Fifty metres down the road , I heard the insecure flap of rubber sandals . |
| 3 | Or so I heard the other day over lunch from Patricia Routledge , best known as television 's appalling social climber , Hyacinth Bucket . |
| 4 | After two months in prison , I heard the first news about why I was being held as a political prisoner . |
| 5 | Tony Visconti : ‘ I heard the finished version of ‘ Space Oddity that David had recorded with Gus Dudgeon a few days later and it was great . |
| 6 | I heard the short noise of a zip being opened , before a deathly silence set in . |
| 7 | It seemed to take a long time to reach the end of the wall and I was about to turn right towards the door of the farm kitchen when from my left I heard the sudden rattle of a chain then a roaring creature launched itself at me , bayed once , mightily , into my face and was gone . |
| 8 | Again and again I heard the same story of deepening poverty driving students to take the decision to drop out of education . |
| 9 | I laughed when I heard the old cliché about ‘ having him under my feet . ’ |
| 10 | When I got halfway I heard the angry voice of the French maid saying very aggressively : ‘ You got nobody like Napoleon ! ’ |
| 11 | I heard the hon. Gentleman at 6 o'clock this morning and he was just as bad then as he was this afternoon . |
| 12 | I heard the hon. Member for Staffordshire , South ( Mr. Cormack ) say of the poll tax that it was the most misconceived legislation ever . |
| 13 | As a consequence , the refugees gravitate to a handful of boroughs that are primarily — I heard the hon. Member for Beckenham ( Sir P. Goodhart ) refer to Bromley — Labour boroughs , in London and in one or two other cities . |
| 14 | Suddenly I heard the guttural roar of fire from my studio above . |
| 15 | Then behind me I heard the rhythmic tramp of marching feet and the shrill " 'eft 'ight , 'eft 'ight , " that usually went with it . |
| 16 | The rest of the squad fell to one knee , and I heard the smart click of rifle bolts … |
| 17 | I heard the driving onwardness of Bach , the endless progressions . |