Example sentences of "i heard a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I heard a certain story that you got a girl pregnant ? |
| 2 | At that moment I heard a small scratching sound . |
| 3 | I heard a great commotion in the hallway . |
| 4 | Suddenly my heart stopped beating , and I heard a distant voice cry , ‘ Jane ! |
| 5 | Behind me I heard a slow-moving car . |
| 6 | I heard a terrible pounding in my ears , my heart thudding like a drum , my stomach lurching as I swung on the end of the rope . |
| 7 | Then I heard a new sound : a thin wail more certain than the birds , coming from inside the house , balancing between the shuffling draughts . |
| 8 | The lady smiled and said ‘ Thank-you.in At that point I heard a faint hissing sound , which I like to imagine was his ego deflating , but which in all probability came from the oxygen cylinder . |
| 9 | I heard a faint wail of answer . |
| 10 | I think I heard a loud , but muffled thump . |
| 11 | Suddenly I heard a loud scream and rushed to the front door . |
| 12 | I heard a loud explosion just to my left . |
| 13 | Suddenly , I heard a loud crash near me , scaring me out of my wits . |
| 14 | But suddenly , I heard a loud and terrible scream . |
| 15 | I heard a loud bang . |
| 16 | Pamela Meikle , 50 , said : ‘ I heard a loud bang and then some more . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ I heard a whooshing noise and saw smoke . ’ |
| 18 | When I straightened up I heard a slight sound behind me . |
| 19 | So when , late that night as I was just about to go to bed , I heard a discreet knock at the door , I was not amazed to find a waiter in a claw-hammer coat pulling a heavily laden food trolley into my room . |
| 20 | Once I was talking alone to Lucy in a corner , laughing together and , as I impulsively took one of her hands in both of mine , I heard a sharp cry of ‘ Lucy ! |
| 21 | I was telling myself that it would soon be over when I heard a sharp crack . |
| 22 | I thought I heard a thankless boy raising his voice against those that clothed him and suckled him and spent out a fortune on the making of him . |
| 23 | Above the sad , complaining sounds of the wind I thought I heard a far-off cry . |
| 24 | No sooner had I turned away to go downstairs than I heard a strange , ghostly laugh . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm sure I heard a strange laugh . ’ |
| 26 | I heard a strange sound coming from the hut , but I could not think what was making the noise . |
| 27 | This was confirmed when I heard a Syrian soldier talking at a roadblock we encountered . |
| 28 | I mean I , I heard a stupid story , that instead of like , the , the twenty-seventh , twenty-eight and ninth come over here , but the was still , was still using a radio and stuff taken out the pre war stuff , that 's how far their radio technology and communications come on . |
| 29 | I began to worry many years ago when I heard a young artist say at a Whitechapel Art Gallery discussion , ‘ I 'm in the painting business , not the explanation business ’ . |
| 30 | I heard a cracking noise above me . |