Example sentences of "[pron] heard the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I heard the real reason the game on Monday was postponed was because Hunslet ploughed it on Sunday . |
| 2 | There was no answer though I heard the faint mewing of the cat . |
| 3 | Fifty metres down the road , I heard the insecure flap of rubber sandals . |
| 4 | The next moment I heard the confident heel taps behind me . |
| 5 | Or so I heard the other day over lunch from Patricia Routledge , best known as television 's appalling social climber , Hyacinth Bucket . |
| 6 | Erm I w I was going to say , going back to China , erm they 're a bit frightened of China now in , in what was the Soviet Union I heard the other day , were th were they a little bit anti China 's type of communism before er the Soviet Union fell or were they all , all pals together ? |
| 7 | Because ’ — his speech slurred a fraction — ‘ I 'm going to tell you a story I heard the other day which I could n't possibly tell you if you had a lady Archdeacon . ’ |
| 8 | I heard the other day . |
| 9 | I I heard the other day what I thought was one of the best advertisements not to have an animal for Christmas very emotive , er I think it was for the R S P C A , and I I 'm told I do n't think you 've heard it but it b basically it 's it 's er the sound of a er well it 's a human pretending to be a dog really and saying you know , Well this is nice my my er family have taken me to the vet , I did n't think I was ill but never mind . |
| 10 | I heard the other day that you were thinking of selling your practice and moving away . ’ |
| 11 | Belinda if we can start with you more or less erm I heard the other day that you 're half thinking that you might like to be a nurse ? |
| 12 | Now if I could try and translate that into your particular sphere of interest , you are doing things with noise , with food , with roofs I heard the other day , yesterday , which surprised me , and a variety of other things , which people understand . |
| 13 | I stood engrossed by this until I heard the rocking chair creak behind me , and at that I scampered up after them . |
| 14 | Tony Visconti : ‘ I heard the finished version of ‘ Space Oddity that David had recorded with Gus Dudgeon a few days later and it was great . |
| 15 | There was a loud burst of laughter behind me and I heard the Belgian clergyman exclaim : ‘ That is really heretical ! positively heretical ! ’ then laugh loudly himself . |
| 16 | When I heard the rowdy noise earlier , I was sure that there was a John Doe — dead on arrival — back from Maastricht . |
| 17 | There was one occasion when I was sitting in the kitchen and I heard the front door close , and then footsteps in the hall . |
| 18 | I was in my room sorting out what I was to take with me when I heard the front door . |
| 19 | Then I heard the front door close and the sound of his car going down the road . |
| 20 | I heard the outer door shut . |
| 21 | I heard the outer door slam , then silence . |
| 22 | I heard the short noise of a zip being opened , before a deathly silence set in . |
| 23 | It seemed to take a long time to reach the end of the wall and I was about to turn right towards the door of the farm kitchen when from my left I heard the sudden rattle of a chain then a roaring creature launched itself at me , bayed once , mightily , into my face and was gone . |
| 24 | I always thought Australia 's finest export came in a cold can — until I heard the incredible slide playing of ex-patriate Dave Hole . |
| 25 | I was debating whether to try to stop the bleeding first or to leave him in his uncertain state while I found a way out , trusting he would n't totally pass out , when I heard the main door creak open directly above our heads ; the way Harry and I had come in . |
| 26 | I laughed when I heard the old cliché about ‘ having him under my feet . ’ |
| 27 | Once I heard the social worker say quite seriously ‘ Bloody Paki why does n't she go home ? ’ |
| 28 | When I got halfway I heard the angry voice of the French maid saying very aggressively : ‘ You got nobody like Napoleon ! ’ |
| 29 | of what I heard the previous week . |
| 30 | I heard the daily cleaner saying — ’ |