Example sentences of "i heard the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You are now — I heard the belated Lord Woodleigh explaining this myself — you are now Countess of Woodleigh . |
| 2 | ‘ I heard the master say that they were fun , ’ said Mr Eames . |
| 3 | ‘ I heard the bit of politics in your address . |
| 4 | ‘ I was jumping up and down in my seat as I heard the end of the race , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Once I heard the social worker say quite seriously ‘ Bloody Paki why does n't she go home ? ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Then I heard the growls of support coming from our own side for proposals like Family Credit and the ending of SERPS . |
| 8 | ‘ I heard the first one , ’ said the Hare-woman , watching them both . |
| 9 | ‘ I heard the battle of Waterloo once , ’ she said . |
| 10 | I heard the things you did n't say ! |
| 11 | This dislocated alternation of joy and fear , anxiety and compulsion , of being outside and inside , and of time that is distorted away from the normal sequence , is difficult to put into words , later words , linear words : but once , in a friend 's flat in Holland Park , I heard the opening passages of a gramophone record which almost caught it : Bartok 's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion . |
| 12 | Doors shut everywhere , and I heard the landlady give a loud ‘ Shh ! ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | All sounds from outside were muffled because of the dock being partly below ground level , set into the slope of the bank , but in a short while I heard the sound of a car door slamming and after that the noise of an engine starting up and being driven away . |
| 15 | I heard the beginning of a chuckle from the front seat , quickly stifled . |
| 16 | Or so I heard the other day over lunch from Patricia Routledge , best known as television 's appalling social climber , Hyacinth Bucket . |
| 17 | ‘ It kept coming through the sun roof and at one point I heard the roof caving in , ’ he said from his hospital bed . |
| 18 | I remember a December night : I heard the church clock strike nine as I went down into the garden — it was warm enough to walk . |
| 19 | The rest of the squad fell to one knee , and I heard the smart click of rifle bolts … |
| 20 | Then , drifting into the sombre silences , I heard the insistent , unimaginative but slightly humorous ta-ra thump-thump brass and drums of a military band . |
| 21 | I heard the fat man who had a room beneath me retching violently to spit his all . |
| 22 | Every morning I heard the tinny radio play as he washed , hung up and ironed sheets . |
| 23 | ‘ We did n't , but when I heard the whisper about the picture I decided to beef up the budget , ’ her father explained . |
| 24 | I had almost reached the kitchen doorway when I heard the furious sounds of her footsteps coming back towards me again . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | As I heard the words I knew they were wrong , but could n't for the life of me remember the dolmen 's proper name . |
| 27 | Which is when I heard the car . |
| 28 | I heard Alec saying , in a voice that tried to be light and urgent at the same time , ‘ We 're ready , sir , ’ and I heard the reply : ‘ Well I 'm not . |
| 29 | I heard the word ‘ flak ’ repeated several times , but otherwise understood nothing at all . |
| 30 | I heard the word ‘ Engländer ’ and saw from the corner of my eye that they were looking at me . |