Example sentences of "i [modal v] hear the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tantalisingly , at night , I might hear the plaintive hoot of a tawny owl somewhere in the trees , beyond my little world . |
| 2 | Below , I could hear the spasmodic tap-tapping of Minnie , his typewriter . |
| 3 | I could hear the young man 's hiccoughy laughter all over again , this time with more telling effect . |
| 4 | I could hear the rapid beat of his heart and him breathing all funny . |
| 5 | Agnes looked timid and I could hear the old servant weeping in the scullery . |
| 6 | I fancied I could hear the cold laughter of market traders and the chant of children 's games . |
| 7 | I could hear the excited mooing of innumerable cows . |
| 8 | I wondered if she 'd moved on to another place in the forest without saying anything , but when I stood perfectly still , I could hear the rhythmic scratching of her karaso from behind some trees , and the occasional tearing sound when she accidentally caught it in the undergrowth . |
| 9 | I stopped to take a photograph of one estancia that I knew belonged to a Scottish family who had lived there for five generations : even from two miles away I could hear the rhythmic clattering of the tin roof as it was lifted and dropped by the gales . |
| 10 | I could hear the characteristic groan in the lift shaft . |
| 11 | I could hear the little generator puttering away inside the central mound as I got closer , clearing the trees and looking across and down at where Andy stood . |
| 12 | But I could hear the breathy snarl that Mala makes when she is about to hurt someone quite badly , and with it a menacing series of grunts that could only be Gharrgoyles . |
| 13 | I can hear the bouncing bed , moans , the gasps . |
| 14 | Birds call from the trees above and I can hear the distant sound of traffic on the main road , through the forest . |
| 15 | I can hear the little chaplain sniggering at me , the loathsome turd ! |