Example sentences of "when [pron] heard a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was confirmed when I heard a Syrian soldier talking at a roadblock we encountered . |
| 2 | I was telling myself that it would soon be over when I heard a sharp crack . |
| 3 | I began to worry many years ago when I heard a young artist say at a Whitechapel Art Gallery discussion , ‘ I 'm in the painting business , not the explanation business ’ . |
| 4 | One event which has lived in my memory , and which I would not have liked to repeat , was of cycling home one evening ( I lived near Altrincham ) — and I was in the middle of Barton Bridge when I heard a German bomber overhead — I have never pedalled so quickly since , realising that I was in the middle of a prime target . |
| 5 | I was sitting in the sitting-room about to make a cup of coffee when I heard a huge bang and I thought the whole house was going to cave in . |
| 6 | I was still arguing childishly against myself when I heard a little noise at the door . |
| 7 | At first I could n't see them , but when I heard a little quack I had a close look and saw them all there huddled together and trying to keep warm . |
| 8 | She was about to close her eyes again when she heard a far-off roaring . |
| 9 | She was nodding politely on the fringes of a group listening to their host talking about himself when she heard a familiar voice behind her . |
| 10 | She was about to turn around , when she heard a low moan . |
| 11 | She withdrew-to the secretary 's room and was about to close MacQuillan 's door when she heard a scraping sound from the adjoining typists ' room . |
| 12 | I 'd sent Mum to the acupuncturist to try and give her some energy , and Jack and I were in the house when we heard a terrible thud . |
| 13 | I remember on one such occasion in early 1920 , my sister Gladys and I were upstairs in the top back room , looking out of the window , when we heard a terrifying scream . |
| 14 | We were about to leave for our unknown destination when we heard a well-known voice shouting ‘ Wait ! ’ in German . |
| 15 | The beast was still thinking this when he heard a loud whistle from the tree branch above him . |
| 16 | Peter Young , a night telephonist with North of England Newspapers , grew suspicious when he heard a loud bang in the town centre at about 5.20am . |
| 17 | On a date which he could not subsequently remember but which was before 3 October 1939 , he was tuning in his radio , when he heard a familiar voice . |
| 18 | He was driving away from me grounds of Hauser 's estate when he heard a different engine sound . |
| 19 | David Scanlon , 19 , dashed from his house when he heard a huge bang and found Tristran Harris , 18 , at the foot of the pylon . |