Example sentences of "[noun sg] i hear [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because ’ — his speech slurred a fraction — ‘ I 'm going to tell you a story I heard the other day which I could n't possibly tell you if you had a lady Archdeacon . ’ |
| 2 | As I opened the case I heard a groaning , splintering noise , which caused me to experience extreme pain as the bridge flew off and whacked me on the side of the head ! |
| 3 | I heard er er der at er erm parked in the other car park I heard the hoofs go bang ! |
| 4 | Then after about an hour I heard the familiar heavy tread of Dad 's boots on the cobbles . |
| 5 | And the thing that was said a lot was a Slippery Elm stick , well I still do n't really know what it was but er it was a kind of a s , bark of the Slippery Elms , a Slippery Elm bark or something and they sharpened it to a point and inserted that into the womb you see and it was done , and then of course I heard a lot about gin , sitting in a hot bath with gin . |
| 6 | Of course I heard a car . |
| 7 | Cacerta I heard the name but |
| 8 | At that moment I heard a small scratching sound . |
| 9 | At that moment I heard a commotion outside . |
| 10 | At that moment I heard the grinding of wheels of the sea and the waves sounded like sieves sorting the stones . |
| 11 | At that moment I heard the sound of running feet inside the new castle — and the welcome voice of my old friend , Captain Sapt ! |
| 12 | After a moment I heard the music again . |
| 13 | At that moment I heard the young people returning from their walk . |
| 14 | The next moment I heard the confident heel taps behind me . |
| 15 | Just at that moment I heard the kitchen door open , and seconds later my father appeared at the bottom of the stairs and , taking hold of the great wooden ball sculpted on to the top of the last banister , stood glaring up at me . |
| 16 | At this point I heard a gale of raucous laughter . ’ |
| 17 | The lady smiled and said ‘ Thank-you.in At that point I heard a faint hissing sound , which I like to imagine was his ego deflating , but which in all probability came from the oxygen cylinder . |
| 18 | ‘ It kept coming through the sun roof and at one point I heard the roof caving in , ’ he said from his hospital bed . |
| 19 | One evening I hear the sounds of a bird in distress , and thinking our cat had seized yet another victim I dashed outside to try to rescue the unfortunate creature . |
| 20 | Here , one Friday evening I heard the best news so far . |
| 21 | As I left the room I heard the little comic bellow , " That 's what she thinks of thy relaxing clothes , ducks , and I must say I see what she means ! " |
| 22 | All sounds from outside were muffled because of the dock being partly below ground level , set into the slope of the bank , but in a short while I heard the sound of a car door slamming and after that the noise of an engine starting up and being driven away . |
| 23 | and each lightless day I hear the crying shades : |
| 24 | Anne had had a poem published in a magazine , and one day I heard a conversation between Charlotte and Emily . |
| 25 | I clearly remember the day I heard the call of Jesus to leave my secular employment . |
| 26 | As I look at the water I hear a distinctive slurp as a chub sucks some morsel through the surface ; then I see the rings rippling away from the spot where it happened . |
| 27 | During the night I hear the harsh squeal of a fox , a long way off , answered by a staccato bark from one of the dogs . |
| 28 | In the square I hear the schoolchildren enthusiastically chant one to fifty as I start a late afternoon walk away from the Pachas into the suyo of trigo cebada . |
| 29 | In the distance I heard the crackle of gun-shot . |
| 30 | Somewhere in the distance I heard the growl of thunder . |