Example sentences of "he hear the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He hears the foul Old One |
| 2 | He lies down if he hears the National Anthem . |
| 3 | whenever he hears the seasick bell … |
| 4 | Barely audible above the new-found noise of the wheels , he heard the sharp step of feet in the corridor and close to the door of their compartment . |
| 5 | He recognised the man with the white handlebar moustache sitting high in a ridiculous Japanese jeep , Health Physics branch , and he heard the sharp horn blast before he saw that the road ahead of him was clear . |
| 6 | He heard the sharp intake of breath . |
| 7 | He was dipping his heavy aching head into a basin of cold water when he heard the sharp knock on the door , and was soon admitting Chief Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis into his bedroom . |
| 8 | His mother was still sobbing and now and again he heard the low rumble of his father 's voice , but no actual words . |
| 9 | From beyond his rooms and from outside his seldom-washed windows he heard the persistent hammer blows of the carpenters astride the new roof of the Commandant 's office . |
| 10 | Every time he heard the sacred name pronounced by this strange voice , Henri thrilled with joy ; it seemed to him like a voice from beyond the grave , something mysterious and superhuman . |
| 11 | It was doubtful if he heard the final words . |
| 12 | Then , above the screams of the wind , he heard the great clock striking in the market place . |
| 13 | It is likely , however , that he heard the loud knock on the door which heralded the entry of a rather harassed-looking Lewis . |
| 14 | When a constable knocked on one door , at the extreme end of the street , he heard the distant yapping of a dog , but no one came to the door . |
| 15 | Occasionally he heard the distant sound of traffic on the main road ; now and then a dog barked somewhere in the village . |
| 16 | Again he heard the distant crash as it fell over the cliff . |
| 17 | It was a Saturday morning , after Charlie had collected his produce from the market and was on his way back to Whitechapel , that he heard the raucous cry . |
| 18 | He knew because he heard the distinctive , never-forgotten thump and jangle of artillery on the move . |
| 19 | He heard the front door being closed and Tom returned with his brown paper bag . |
| 20 | He heard the front door being opened even as he unfolded the cloth and began to read . |
| 21 | He heard the front door open and braced himself , looking at his mother for support . |
| 22 | Behind him he heard the faint sounds of a wooden mallet driving the stake through the suicide 's heart . |
| 23 | He heard the hollow thudding of hooves and the duller sound of feet constantly tramping the timbers of the drawbridge . |
| 24 | And then he heard the automatic alarms . |
| 25 | Perhaps even more surprising is to meet a Syrian taxi driver in Damascus describing what he heard the other day on Israel Radio . |
| 26 | The outbreak of war saw Bennett still in the navy blue of Imperial Airways and he heard the Prime Minister 's broadcast , declaring war on Germany , with much the same feeling as most of us who remember it . |
| 27 | When he heard the right hon. Member for Manchester , Gorton ( Mr. Kaufman ) suggest that Labour could replace a Trident submarine with , for example , a Trafalgar class submarine on the order book , Mr. Hutton described his right hon. Friend as ’ ignorant and ill informed ’ . |
| 28 | He even telephoned Wexford to tell him about it , his elation subsiding somewhat when he heard the chief inspector had also found this out three hours before . |
| 29 | He heard the key grating ineffectively in the wards of the lock it did not fit , and her vexed , angry breathing as she wrestled to make it enter where it would not go . |
| 30 | As he parted them , he heard the familiar snuffling as Miguelito fed cocaine into his nose . |