Example sentences of "[verb] you could hear " in BNC.

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1 She says you could hear Canon Wheeler all down the stairs . ’
2 As you passed you could hear them murmuring ‘ Ya Allah !
3 You know you could hear you could hear them shouting you know goodnight and things like that .
4 You know you could hear you could hear them shouting you know goodnight and things like that .
5 And when you sat , trembling forgetfully , on one of the benches in the frosted gardens , with the grass like white hair standing on end , you felt you could hear the ghosts of the children 's cries and shouts — for here they must surely have played in their packs .
6 With a big orchestra after a certain time , if they are used to you and really play as they can , they will sometimes give you something more beautiful than you thought you could hear .
7 said to me about Pauline 's kids her three lads , not the baby like the two lads she said , oh she said er they came to play one night , or they came for tea or something and she goes to work at night you know , she said Paul was looking after them and she said , he said you could hear all this banging up and down the stairs , he said , bloody hell he said they were going mad , and I thought that 's what Tom and Hannah do when they come here , I said your two bang up and down like bloody anything I said that 's normal , you know for kids .
8 I wish you could hear some of the magnificent speeches that are frequently made us , because I know you like dearly to hear your daughter praised .
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