Example sentences of "she heard [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 She claims she heard no echoes , never sang
2 Dimly she heard the bells of hell distantly pealing .
3 She heard the sounds behind her of her father 's leather apron being tied in place and , for a moment , she could imagine her father was with her again , big and comforting , a shield between Hari and the world .
4 Within a very short time , she heard the sounds of bolts being drawn back .
5 She heard the sounds of the battle ; she could not even croak out a song to him , for her tongue clove to her palate as if , while her baby drank , she were dying of thirst .
6 As it turned out she was in the bath when she heard the sounds of a car pulling up outside , swiftly followed by tapping on the door , and she jumped quickly from the water , pausing only to belt a towelling robe about her waist .
7 Then she heard the sounds of rhythmic breathing and realised Dane was sleeping at her side .
8 ‘ Better to have loved and lost ’ , ’ she quoted softly to herself , then a smile of sheer female pleasure curved her lips as she heard the sounds of tapping on her bedroom door .
9 She heard the boys hurling abuse at her , shouting to her to stop , but she shut her ears to them .
10 Again she heard the boys ' warm approving voices , voices that left her outside the heat of that dangerous moment .
11 His tone was still laconic but she heard the undertones and was warned .
12 Once again she heard the nurses discussing their social life and then those thoughtless comments which had been responsible for instilling such negative thoughts in her subconscious-mind .
13 Dimly she heard the crowds cheering .
14 When she heard the grumbles of the county landowners after the announcement , she may have wished she had done .
15 Mrs Healy said that she heard the girls were running and laughing like they had done in Knockglen and they were hit by a car .
16 She heard the numbers falling off and the cries of ‘ Try over-r-r-rl ’ and ‘ Edawick ! ’ as they took up station , one by one .
17 She heard the guests arriving , noisy , laughing , and she stupidly felt excluded , lonely .
18 She was kneeling on a kitchen chair , her long hair trailing in the margarine , when she heard the steps .
19 She heard the words with despair .
20 And then she heard the words that surprised and startled , confused her , so that the green eyes that flashed and sparked with anger softened and melted as she looked at him and heard each gently spoken syllable .
21 What Dagmar said then sounded like ‘ a dream ’ ; she could n't hear what answer Rose made to that , but she heard the words ‘ missing ’ and ‘ blood ’ .
22 Molly had buttoned up the braces on Jacqueline 's trousers and found her youngest child a biscuit when she heard the screams .
23 The respite was not to last however for , just as she heard the guards wondering aloud if they had hit her , someone on one of the freighters pointed her out with a cry .
24 From inside the wood she heard the cries of ‘ Leu-try , leutry there ! ’ and ‘ Try over , yoi try ! ’
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