Example sentences of "not hear [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 He did not hear her .
2 But the men did not hear her because the engine was making a lot of steam and noise .
3 He did not hear her the first time , she had to repeat what she said .
4 But Harry did not hear her .
5 He said : ‘ I can sing so quietly that from two metres you will not hear me ! ’
6 I am your counsel , but you do not hear me ,
7 He could not hear me above the din of the crowd .
8 Did you not hear me sing just now ? ’
9 Half hoping he will not hear me .
10 Ah di ah but , did you not hear me shouting at them ?
11 Frau Nordern did not hear him or at least seemed not to .
12 Marie , lost in her own thoughts , did not hear him .
13 Under his breath , so that Earl could not hear him , he murmured ‘ Holy cow ! ’ ( ’ or it may have been a little more graphic ’ ) .
14 ‘ Cathy Henderson better not hear him on like that , ’ Natasha said .
15 ‘ Goodbye , fella , ’ he muttered , but Isobel fortunately did not hear him .
16 Hubert James Bainbridge , tenth earl of Donnington , called out to his daughter as she passed him on the opposite side of the street , but she did not hear him .
17 Come back ! ’ yelled Master , but the dog did not hear him and ran on .
18 Gillroy could hear both Darwin and Koepang , but they could not hear him .
19 But Creggan did not hear him .
20 William shouted something to Grace but she could not hear him — the sounds of the wind and the sea were too loud , too terrible .
21 Lucifer did not hear him .
22 The exclamation was soft , so the Myrcan would not hear him .
23 He raised his voice even though the old man continued to indicate that he could not hear him .
24 She did not hear him and vigorously continued splashing .
25 Louis , genuinely , did not hear him .
26 Sally-Anne , her heart thudding in the strangest way when he asked her this , as though he had said something much more intimate , and then suddenly understanding by the ambiguous way in which he had spoken that he had offered her other games than chess , and his wicked expression betraying that he had seen her confusion , flushed , and he added softly , so that Matey could not hear him , ‘ Come , McAllister , give me your answer — you surely wish to please the Master in every way possible , ’ the last bit in a fake American accent so bad that she laughed out loud .
27 One , he says , was the World Cup final in 1966 when , in the last nail biting minutes of extra time , he had to leave the Wembley Press box and find another phone because the noise of the crowd was so deafening that his copytaker back in Belfast could not hear him .
28 When his wife ( Pat Heywood ) meets him at John o' Groats , they do not speak at all or , if they do , we can not hear them as if they were already far away .
29 I did not hear them say this , but I am told that they do , and if you think what that would mean , I guess , whether you agree about the deer or not , that this is not a sensible suggestion .
30 And she does not hear them as well as she did once .
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