Example sentences of "[conj] i heard the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once I heard the social worker say quite seriously ‘ Bloody Paki why does n't she go home ? ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And the heart-beat grew louder and louder and closer to my ear , and I heard the deep booming sound of the sea at its very deepest depths , where monsters live in total darkness and corpses of drowned sailors lie in coral dust . |
| 4 | There was one occasion when I was sitting in the kitchen and I heard the front door close , and then footsteps in the hall . |
| 5 | But I could see with my inner eye the form of my Lord Krishna , seated before Arjuna in the chariot on the battlefield of Kurukshetra , and I heard the sublime thoughts , and this filled my eyes with tears of joy and love . ' ’ |
| 6 | The rest of the squad fell to one knee , and I heard the smart click of rifle bolts … |
| 7 | If I heard the hon. Gentleman correctly , he suggested that redundancy pay for displaced miners was excessively generous . |
| 8 | I thought I did it quite well until I heard the khaki overalls rip . |
| 9 | I stood engrossed by this until I heard the rocking chair creak behind me , and at that I scampered up after them . |
| 10 | I always thought Australia 's finest export came in a cold can — until I heard the incredible slide playing of ex-patriate Dave Hole . |
| 11 | And you seeing what you 're playing tonight , I thought I ca n't , but I heard the first thing der der der , but then it goes der der der |
| 12 | His lordship suffered too , in his turn , because I heard the occasional stifled oath as he impaled a finger on the needle . |
| 13 | I was in my room sorting out what I was to take with me when I heard the front door . |
| 14 | Air temperature was 15 ° C at 8.00 pm , just before complete darkness , when I heard the first voices in an extensively flooded field . |
| 15 | When I heard the rowdy noise earlier , I was sure that there was a John Doe — dead on arrival — back from Maastricht . |
| 16 | I laughed when I heard the old cliché about ‘ having him under my feet . ’ |
| 17 | I had almost reached the kitchen doorway when I heard the furious sounds of her footsteps coming back towards me again . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | There was no answer though I heard the faint mewing of the cat . |