Example sentences of "when i heard [art] [adj] [noun] " 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 | I was in my room sorting out what I was to take with me when I heard the front door . |
| 9 | When I heard the rowdy noise earlier , I was sure that there was a John Doe — dead on arrival — back from Maastricht . |
| 10 | I laughed when I heard the old cliché about ‘ having him under my feet . ’ |
| 11 | I had almost reached the kitchen doorway when I heard the furious sounds of her footsteps coming back towards me again . |
| 12 | I was debating whether to try to stop the bleeding first or to leave him in his uncertain state while I found a way out , trusting he would n't totally pass out , when I heard the main door creak open directly above our heads ; the way Harry and I had come in . |