Example sentences of "hear him [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Kurd talks to his mother in Teheran from the telephone in the common room , he can hear bullets being shot just outside her front door , and we hear him tell her to take the phone away from the window . |
| 2 | Tim , please stop cos I ca n't hear daddy think let alone hear him talk . |
| 3 | is here , hear him talk . |
| 4 | ‘ 'T IS the voice of the sluggard ; I hear him complain , |
| 5 | Willie Learmouth the session clerk came by today for the Intimations and he 's an awful nice man , one of Nature 's Gentlemen , went to Allan Glen 's when that meant something , his wife 's got a plastic hip but you never hear him complain , anyway he sat down to a wee cup of tea and naturally he could not resist my all butter shortbread ‘ Nettie , ’ says he , ‘ your petticoat tails would melt in a man 's mouth . ’ |
| 6 | We hear him bring something out . |
| 7 | On the last side 's Violet , a reworked blues with references to Messiaen in it , some of Miles Davis 's most exquisite slow playing is to be heard over slurred , sliding chords and the kind of empty space you hardly ever hear him loose in these days . |
| 8 | A folk hero , a man who could draw climbers literally hundreds of miles just to sit in the same pub and hear him sing and play his accordion . |
| 9 | But if you hear him speak for five minutes you think no more of them . |
| 10 | When the woman hear him speak , and looked up to his face , her expression showed both pain and happiness . |
| 11 | You hear him squeak every time he moves . ’ |
| 12 | I hear him say , ‘ No treasure here , George . ’ |
| 13 | And , cos we had a bit of a laugh about it , I do n't know what I 'm telling you about it for cos you hear him read anyway ! |
| 14 | He wanted to give Pearson the cue and hear him respond absolutely instantly , sharply . |