Example sentences of "[adv] listening to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat impatiently listening to the teacher 's drivel about the fault in the program he was about to network . |
| 2 | Now , she lay panting by the fire , warming her flanks and apparently listening to the humans ' conversation . |
| 3 | ‘ In some gaols you see ’ , wrote Howard , ‘ boys of twelve or fourteen eagerly listening to the stories told by practised and experienced criminals , of their adventures , successes , stratagems and escapes . ’ |
| 4 | Whether it was talking to travellers or just listening to the lads , whether I felt warmth or animosity did not matter . |
| 5 | I used to wonder whether they were actually taking in the meaning of what I was saying , or just listening to the accent . |
| 6 | No , I 'm just listening to the two , yes . |
| 7 | How many other twenty-two-year-olds stayed in on a Saturday night just listening to the rain hurl itself against the windows ? |
| 8 | Erm , yeah , I was gon na say , it 's not even just like listening to the radio , is it , because they 're catering for the , for the sighted , they 're not , you know , if it was on radio , they 'd say more , but I mean , it 's television , but |
| 9 | Er , can I ask Wallace Mercer , if he 's still listening to the programme , if he was considered the environment in his plans for the football stadium ? |
| 10 | And , while holding a conversation with her client , she was also listening to the voice of her broker , relaying prices from the floor of the Metal Exchange in Plantation House through the loudspeaker on the wall above her desk . |
| 11 | And in turn , the new University is also listening to the fears of it 's future workforce . |
| 12 | The worst thing an interviewer can do is stick rigidly to the questions , without really listening to the answers . |
| 13 | In truth the Sergeant was not really listening to the Lieutenant 's enthusiastic explanation ; instead he was partly anticipating the Belgian girls and partly worrying when this headlong advance would run into the enemy picquets . |
| 14 | X interrupted while simultaneously listening to the Air/Ground transmissions . |
| 15 | In the past week she had been arrested , charged with smuggling heroin , released on bail , learned how to sail a forty-foot yacht , and was now listening to the man she had fallen deeply and irrevocably in love with talk about his colleague 's connection with the most vicious and widespread criminal organisation in the world . |
| 16 | I do n't wish to lie here listening to the ramblings of a madman any longer . ’ |
| 17 | I am delighted that Professor Carsberg is here listening to the debate . |
| 18 | I I think you were all here listening to the erm pensioners before you were they were talking about their ideas which were also our ideas in our er report on the designated ownership of , of the pension funds and in particular they had a couple of ideas which you may have heard about having the word pension in the in the names , just technical points , er pension in the names of er of the funds and and people who were er giving advice on behalf of them . |
| 19 | And I myself , as er your course leader has indicated , I was on a course here myself some four weeks ago listening to the same subject , doing the physical exercises etcetera etcetera and listening and trying to take in , I wo n't say I did , trying to take in all the different aspects that will affect us in our er retirement years . |
| 20 | ( 'You have to attain a high degree of musical stupidity in order to find watching the beat , or the conductor 's inane face for that matter , easier for the purpose of knowing how or when to play than simply listening to the music , ’ he argued . ) |
| 21 | I was disinterestedly listening to the Coca Cola Cup replay between Blackburn and Shrewsbury last night on Radio 5 . |
| 22 | Frank had no real interest in the radio , beyond sometimes listening to the sports news . |
| 23 | Sentences ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) illustrate the point : ( 2 ) He lay there listening to the noises not caring how time went but watching it and watching everything … ( 3 ) When the sunbeams struck into his room and quivered on the opposite wall through the rustling blinds like golden water he knew that evening was coming on , and that the sky was red and beautiful . |
| 24 | I did n't ask any more questions , just lay there listening to the wind . |
| 25 | They sat there listening to the gush and scurry of the wind buffeting the car . |
| 26 | I want somebody whose sitting there listening to the radio sort of er just relaxed and I I just want you to pick up the phone and ring . |
| 27 | You see them much more as people , you know their interests much more than if they are just there listening to the lesson and so in a way this open access to the teacher , I think , although at times it does give extra pressure in the long run I think it 's tremendously beneficial . |
| 28 | So she kept her eyes closed , humming a little tune to try and make Florence let her milk down faster and barely listening to the sound of voices out in the yard . |
| 29 | My father had relaxed on a Sunday afternoon , either listening to the band on Southsea Common in his later days or with a paintbox in his younger days . |
| 30 | I was just falling asleep actually listening to the music , it was you know you just listen to the radio . |