Example sentences of "i listened to the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I listened to the storm . |
2 | I listened to the echoes of our horses ' hoofbeats fade away , my ears straining . |
3 | I listened to the sounds of the clock on the stairs , and the wood in the fire , and the footsteps and voices of the girls walking round the house . |
4 | I listened to the birds singing and watched a curl of grey-blue smoke rising into the sky from the station 's brick chimney , and winter and the war seemed unbelievable . |
5 | But as I listened to the stories of these prisoners it was difficult not to be overwhelmed with feelings of hate and revenge . |
6 | Later I descended with the songs of the skylarks still in my ears and I listened to the grumbling of the men in the mist of the grey streets . |
7 | I listened to the BBC headlines the next morning , and they said , ‘ Yesterday parliament gave overwhelming support to the government handling of the Gulf crisis . ’ |
8 | I listened to the Minister 's words with interest . |
9 | I listened to the starch in her voice , observed it in the straightness of her backbone , recognised the ramrod will that made no concessions to hardship . |
10 | I listened to the tape with her last night . |
11 | I listened to the radio , tapes , watched videos , and found no interest in anything . |
12 | I listened to the radio 5 report . |
13 | I listened to the record . |
14 | ‘ Dr Vaughan , would it disturb you if I listened to the transistor this afternoon ? ’ |
15 | I listened to the wind . |
16 | Neither therapy was enjoyed and I listened to the catalogue of side effects like a reporter who had just pierced the darkest Amazonian forest and was observing a new race for the first time . |
17 | I listened to the news . |
18 | I listened to the Tories achieving their majority while putting away bottles and doing the washing up . |
19 | His bedroom door was n't shut and I listened to the stillness inside . |
20 | I listened to the flies buzzing about me and the murmur of the bees in the clover as they tumbled at our feet . |
21 | So I listened to the talk of the travellers about me , hoping for a bit of instant history . |
22 | I was only half awake when I listened to the World Service . |