Example sentences of "[Wh adv] he heard the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Goering is said to have reached for his gun whenever he heard the word ‘ culture ’ . |
| 2 | Rumours abounded at the salon regarding the relationship between Alice and le Maître all of which he vehemently denied whenever he heard the gossip . |
| 3 | Frequently , when Eddie Stratton had flown in the past , his heart had missed a beat or two whenever he heard the ‘ ding-dong ’ tones on the aircraft intercom . |
| 4 | He was staring into the black well of the stairs when he heard the noises . |
| 5 | He had taken only a few hasty steps when he heard the tread of feet on the wooden steps above his head . |
| 6 | He only went to church when he took church parade — he was what we then called a Regular — but he shed buckets of tears when he heard the Last Post . |
| 7 | Thoreau wrote about those little flasks of music and these were his words when he heard the bobolink : |
| 8 | James Halden was hastening towards the Bagnigge Wells Road when he heard the cry that a man had fallen in the furnace at Smith 's . |
| 9 | It was also he who scribbled down the title ‘ Deeply Dippy ’ one evening when he heard the phrase used in a Fry and Laurie exchange on Jeeves And Wooster . |
| 10 | And the terrible moment when he heard the sound of officious voices calling to the driver to stop and Craig had taken his chance and leaped from the back of the van and disappeared into the dark streets of World 's End . |
| 11 | Wondering why he had n't been awakened for his breakfast , he contemplated snuggling down beneath the covers for another few moments when he heard the door bell ring . |
| 12 | He only remembered when he heard the scream . |