Example sentences of "he hear [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 The CEGB know it , the local authority know it , we know it , you know it , and the inspector appointed to carry out the inevitable inquiry will know it before he hears the first evidence .
2 The right hon. Gentleman should get out of the habit of writing his supplementary questions before he hears the first answer .
3 JB , who lives with his publican owners , always makes a bee-line for the regulars as soon as he hears the last orders bell .
4 He heard the first ominous creak , looked up .
5 As he reached them he heard the first of the police sirens in the distance .
6 And when he heard the first crash he determined to intervene , in some way that would not dispute the authority of the headmaster 's wife .
7 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 .
8 Minutes passed till he heard the last racing footsteps fade away , then he cautiously eased the door open and looked round its edge .
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