Example sentences of "you could almost hear " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gazing down from his plinth in Lichfield , you could almost hear Dr Johnson muttering : ‘ Socialism , Sir , is a cow , which will yield such people no more milk — and so they are gone to milk the bull ’ . |
| 2 | You could almost hear some of the women in the audience working it out in their heads — if the name 's O'Neil like the good young Father — and that 's her Mother — and she 's his sister — then she 's not married ! |
| 3 | You could almost hear them scuttling for cover in the comfortable lobby of a Hornchurch hotel , as the Hilton resounded with a familiar sound . |
| 4 | The teacher queried one boy 's answer , he stood in rapt recalculation , you could almost hear his brain working . |
| 5 | You could almost hear their good intentions creaking as they made allowances for ‘ the difficult age ’ . |
| 6 | You could almost hear him purring when he got near anything wi' cogs and pistons . ’ |