Example sentences of "[verb] not hear [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Haines obviously finds the idea of one machine for all , possibly based on Taligent , conceptually attractive , but says he has not heard anything in IBM about a merging . |
| 2 | If the Minister has not heard it before , this is another commitment for him — 4 million people would gain . |
| 3 | Her mother pretended not to hear her . |
| 4 | Even then Mr Pumblechook said , ‘ And fourteen ? ’ but I pretended not to hear him . |
| 5 | Zoe pretended not to hear him . |
| 6 | Because when you raised the telephone … he showed great irritation and pretended not to hear you , so that it immediately made you think that you 'd been unwise to telephone at all . |
| 7 | He tried not to hear himself breathing . |
| 8 | But Ange has n't heard nothing . |
| 9 | Yeah well he said he has n't heard nothing like it before . |
| 10 | My mate John has n't heard anything from them yet . |
| 11 | You 're the only dick that has n't heard it |
| 12 | Good excuse to be grumpy and quiet while the others talk about the meeting and to avoid Jo 's eyes , pretending not to hear her abrupt conversational openings . |
| 13 | I goes what ? , oh do n't worry , I was pretending not to hear what she was saying cos she misses it after a while , thought |
| 14 | Then , when they seemed not to hear him , he repeated it , stronger this time , commanding them . |
| 15 | But the Friar 's wits had not yet returned to him and he seemed not to hear what the Trapper said . |
| 16 | You see you do n't hear them any more . |
| 17 | He did not hear her . |
| 18 | But the men did not hear her because the engine was making a lot of steam and noise . |
| 19 | He did not hear her the first time , she had to repeat what she said . |
| 20 | But Harry did not hear her . |
| 21 | Taff kept on talking , but I did not hear what he was on about . |
| 22 | He did not hear what the Woman said next . |
| 23 | He did not hear what he hoped to hear , so he shambled back to his spot by the door and stretched himself out once more . |
| 24 | I give the hon. Gentleman the benefit of the doubt and assume that he did not hear what I said , not once but twice , perhaps because of the noise coming from his hon. Friend the Member for Carrick , Cumnock and Doon Valley ( Mr. Foulkes ) , seated beside him , who referred to 236 admissions . |
| 25 | The hon. Gentleman did not hear what I said . |
| 26 | I did not hear them say this , but I am told that they do , and if you think what that would mean , I guess , whether you agree about the deer or not , that this is not a sensible suggestion . |
| 27 | But Abie did not hear them . |
| 28 | Fortunately Tess did not hear them . |
| 29 | He had abandoned it and taken the flowers to speak for themselves at her bedside , but she did not hear them . |
| 30 | And although she listened for the sound of his steps , she did not hear them . |