Example sentences of "i listened to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I listened to the gentle manner of his discourse and disarming admissions , but did not entirely believe him . |
| 2 | I listened to the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) and it was plain that he did not understand the Bill . |
| 3 | When I listened to the six o'clock news |
| 4 | Next I listened to the recent EMI disc comprising Dvořák 's American and Smetana 's From my life Quartets performed by the Alban Berg Quartet . |
| 5 | In one week I listened to the English boy singing the praises of my dark colouring and frizzy hair , felt him kiss me on the cheek with obvious pleasure whenever I cooked a meal and when I came in from work , or when we sat watching television together , and found him waiting for me at the end of the road when I was late back for some reason . |
| 6 | I have many memories of Eton : services in College Chapel , especially in winter when the lights were lit and I listened to the massed singing of a favourite hymn ; the Headmaster , Dr Alington , an Olympian figure in scarlet gown , taking " absence " on the chapel steps ; the Fourth of June , a festival peculiar to Eton , and fireworks bursting over the river ; the Field Game on winter afternoons while mist crept across the grounds ; the lamps in the High Street and crowds of boys hurrying back to their houses before " lock-up " . |