Example sentences of "i hear the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hear the grass grow , for instance . |
| 2 | I hear the sounds of closing wings |
| 3 | During the night I hear the harsh squeal of a fox , a long way off , answered by a staccato bark from one of the dogs . |
| 4 | They keep sheep in Magdalen grove now , and I hear the fleecy care bleating all day long : I am shocked to find that none of my pupils , though they are all acquainted with pastoral poetry , regards them as anything but a nuisance : and one of my colleagues has been heard to ask why sheep have their wool cut off . |
| 5 | On about the eighteenth floor , I hear the elevator doors open and voices cursing in Polish above . |
| 6 | — After a minute , I can hear me great-grandad say , ‘ I can see you , nurse ! ’ , and I hear the nurse give a little squeal . |
| 7 | ‘ I hear the rebuke , Robert . |
| 8 | ‘ I hear the power of your bananas flambées made Gareth oversleep . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I have an arrangement to print thousands more , ’ he says , adding , ‘ I hear the HMSO edition will be delayed for another six weeks . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I hear the Churches do n't think very well of us . ’ |
| 11 | At six in the morning I hear the children laughing , hear the radio , then the scrunching as they rake and stamp through hail which lies like a covering of snow on the shadowed courtyard . |
| 12 | In the square I hear the schoolchildren enthusiastically chant one to fifty as I start a late afternoon walk away from the Pachas into the suyo of trigo cebada . |
| 13 | I hear the panting of a barefoot woman behind me . |
| 14 | As I hear the sweet lark sing in the clear air of the day . |
| 15 | As I hear the sweet lark sing in the clear air of the day . |
| 16 | I hear the roar through megaphones |
| 17 | But then I hear the voice , larger than all illusion |
| 18 | Whenever I hear the opening bars of Zadok the Priest , I remember the attentive , eager face of the eleven-year-old boy , singing in the school choir concert for the first time . |
| 19 | ‘ Now I hear the Pope has decided to bring me to trial . |
| 20 | One psychotherapist commented : ‘ Sex for singles sounds good and I wo n't even say that it is not sometimes , but I hear the other side when people talk to me . |
| 21 | One evening I hear the sounds of a bird in distress , and thinking our cat had seized yet another victim I dashed outside to try to rescue the unfortunate creature . |
| 22 | I hear the ghosts of the sailors laughing triumphantly because I 've come to join them . |
| 23 | Is it any wonder I am near to tears when I hear the words of My Yiddishy Mama ? |
| 24 | Whenever I hear the song ‘ Moonlight and Roses ’ I think of him because that was his favourite . |
| 25 | ‘ Forgot to tell you , Peg , I hear the rector 's taken hisself a wife . ’ |
| 26 | Beejay always seems to spot the object in the hedge that he can not possibly pass without a protect , just as I hear the roar of a fast-moving car at our rear . |
| 27 | Now I hear the slam . |
| 28 | I tend to ( but only tend to ) reach for mine ( I have n't got one ) every time I hear the word ‘ religion ’ . |
| 29 | There are those like Bernard Taylor , professor of business policy at Henley Management College , who raise serious doubts about it : ‘ When I hear the word empowerment , I reach for my gun , because it 's one of those cosy words . |
| 30 | When I hear the word empowerment , I reach for my gun , because it 's one of those cosy words . |