Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb mod] hear the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't follow every step of the action , but the flat is so small that I can hear the whole voiceover , even with the water running . |
| 2 | She and the children visited my house regularly at this period , so that I could hear the oldest boy , Ravi , read . |
| 3 | It was another still island day and I could hear the sounds of a motorbike and chainsaw on the mainland . |
| 4 | The window was open at the top and I could hear the church bells ringing in the distance . |
| 5 | Buildings were in flames and I could hear the screams and moans of the trapped and injured . |
| 6 | Through the windows I could see the sky and clouds passing by , and I could hear the noise of the bird 's wings . |
| 7 | The rain was still beating on the windows , and I could hear the wind in the trees . |
| 8 | Fastening my watch round my wrist I saw that it was after seven and I could hear the farm men clattering in the yard outside as they began their morning tasks . |
| 9 | Agnes looked timid and I could hear the old servant weeping in the scullery . |
| 10 | ‘ The landing was ablaze and I could hear the soldiers shouting downstairs . |
| 11 | When I looked then at first I could n't see , it was all — you know — black like inside my eyes , but I knew they were open and I could hear the kids yelling — and when I got up he was lying on the sofa , snoring — he must 've just dropped me and let me where I lie- ’ She stopped and Clare sat quietly waiting . |
| 12 | The window is open and I can hear the sound of the wind in the branches . |
| 13 | Birds call from the trees above and I can hear the distant sound of traffic on the main road , through the forest . |
| 14 | It 's five in the morning and I can hear the first cars swooshing through empty streets . |
| 15 | But I could hear the breathy snarl that Mala makes when she is about to hurt someone quite badly , and with it a menacing series of grunts that could only be Gharrgoyles . |
| 16 | No sign of Ward , but I could hear the murmur of voices from the direction of the stable block . |
| 17 | I was n't going that far today , but I could hear the bulldozer they used sometimes to spread the garbage around as it revved and pushed . |
| 18 | But I could hear the rest of them . |
| 19 | No school-children so far , but I can hear the first faint scrapes and slushing of householders beginning to clean their pavements , and the sound is strange and hard to recognise in the almost silent air , seeming as if it came from a long distance , a country sound in the wrong place . |
| 20 | The downstairs door must also have been open , because I could hear the clatter of the harpsichord mechanism . |