Example sentences of "[adv] i [vb mod] hear the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I would hear the engine . |
| 2 | I stopped to take a photograph of one estancia that I knew belonged to a Scottish family who had lived there for five generations : even from two miles away I could hear the rhythmic clattering of the tin roof as it was lifted and dropped by the gales . |
| 3 | Far , far away I could hear the slow , grinding sounds of traffic — but muffled , as if I were wearing earplugs . |
| 4 | The choir outside seemed to have stopped , but downstairs I could hear the Quigleys . |
| 5 | Outside I could hear the sounds made by Miss Hinkle as she returned from lunch . |
| 6 | Outside I could hear the wind driving the snow against the window . |
| 7 | Yes , already I can hear the sound of Naked Lunch parties taking place in my head . |
| 8 | Now I could hear the throb of impatience in his voice as he waited for the curtain to go up . |
| 9 | And surely I 'll hear the lift if it brings my inquisitor up ? |
| 10 | Sometimes I could hear the chain clanking as the red bitch moved around , running in one direction , and then , as the chain pulled her up , turning about . |
| 11 | Yeah oh yeah I did n't work anywhere else in Willenhall at all , and erm but we 'd got to be in for seven o'clock and if erm you were n't in for seven o'clock and sometimes I used to hear the bell began ringing when I got to go around the corner and get into the , but you had to wait a quarter of an hour before they would let you in and that was stopped off your money and my wage was eight and fourpence a week . |
| 12 | From there I could hear the music and keep a watch on most of the room . |