Example sentences of "[noun sg] i heard the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Because ’ — his speech slurred a fraction — ‘ I 'm going to tell you a story I heard the other day which I could n't possibly tell you if you had a lady Archdeacon . ’
2 Then after about an hour I heard the familiar heavy tread of Dad 's boots on the cobbles .
3 At that moment I heard the young people returning from their walk .
4 The next moment I heard the confident heel taps behind me .
5 Here , one Friday evening I heard the best news so far .
6 As I left the room I heard the little comic bellow , " That 's what she thinks of thy relaxing clothes , ducks , and I must say I see what she means ! "
7 Every morning I heard the tinny radio play as he washed , hung up and ironed sheets .
8 Erm I w I was going to say , going back to China , erm they 're a bit frightened of China now in , in what was the Soviet Union I heard the other day , were th were they a little bit anti China 's type of communism before er the Soviet Union fell or were they all , all pals together ?
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