Example sentences of "[not/n't] hear [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had to be one of the fastest production boats in the islands ; her twin big-block engines could hurl the three-ton wedge-shaped hull at over eighty miles an hour , and it worried neither McIllvanney nor Bellybutton that at such a speed a man could not hear himself scream and that even the smallest wave shook the bones right out of their flesh . |
| 2 | So high that I can not hear them speak . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He threw a rock down it but you could not hear it strike the bottom … . |
| 5 | Acting on this belief , he has : taken one of the most outspoken current-affairs programmes , ‘ Vzglyad ’ ( Outlook ) , off the air ; confiscated the property of the independent news agency Interfax , which was saved from closure only by the intervention of Boris Yeltsin and the Moscow city council ; suspended a free-thinking television news show called ‘ TSN ’ ; and consigned Radio Russia , Mr Yeltsin 's mouthpiece , to a frequency where most of the population can not hear it begin its broadcasts with phrases like ‘ In another move reminiscent of Stalinism , President Gorbachev today … ’ |
| 6 | Such was the ringing applause for the speech of the right hon. Member for Leeds , East ( Mr. Healey ) that I did not hear you call my name , Mr. Deputy Speaker , but I am grateful to you , and also to the right hon. Member for Leeds , East . |
| 7 | Could n't hear himself speak . |
| 8 | I said and that 's why cos Paul said to me , he said , I never hear you moan , I said look you wo n't hear me moan because it 's not that I enjoy the job I hate the job I said I hate the work , and I find it hard work but at the end of the day on a Friday , I know that six o'clock in the morning on a Friday I can go up to the Nationwide Anglia , slip my card in there and I know there 's gon na be a couple of hundred of quid in there with the |
| 9 | ‘ And you did n't hear me come in . ’ |
| 10 | But listen , you evidently did n't hear me say something important . |
| 11 | She did n't hear him come up from behind at all . |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't hear myself talk here , ’ she said . |
| 13 | I ca n't hear myself think ! ’ she tried to say , but once again the words seemed to stick in her throat and come out as a croak . |
| 14 | I ca n't hear myself think . ’ |
| 15 | I ca n't hear myself speak ! " |
| 16 | For a band now irritated by most dance music — ‘ most of it 's cack , I hate going into bars where they 've got it blaring out from everywhere , you ca n't hear yourself think ’ — and uncomfortable with the accoutrements of clubbing — ‘ I ca n't stand being under strobes no more , do me head in , make me lose my balance ’ — it was inevitable the Mondays would rake up their rock roots , ‘ mature ’ their sound and make a major musical transition . |
| 17 | Well that would suit me cos I ca n't stand these places where you ca n't hear yourself speak ! |
| 18 | So well I did n't hear anyone say anything so I said well that 's what I thought about it and er I did tell no I have n't said anything to Susan . |
| 19 | I did n't hear I mean I could hear . |
| 20 | ‘ I did n't hear you arrive . ’ |
| 21 | Involve me in the conversation and I ca n't hear you talk . |
| 22 | I could n't hear you shout . |
| 23 | ‘ I did n't hear you knock on my door , ’ she said accusingly . |
| 24 | I ca n't hear you love , you 'll have to come and talk to me in here . |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't hear you drive up . |
| 26 | Oh I did n't hear you call me |
| 27 | ‘ Sorry , sir , I did n't hear you come in . ’ |
| 28 | I did n't hear you come in . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I — I did n't hear you come in . ’ |
| 30 | I ca n't hear you see from under here . |