Example sentences of "[coord] i [vb mod] hear the " in BNC.

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1 It was another still island day and I could hear the sounds of a motorbike and chainsaw on the mainland .
2 The window was open at the top and I could hear the church bells ringing in the distance .
3 Buildings were in flames and I could hear the screams and moans of the trapped and injured .
4 Through the windows I could see the sky and clouds passing by , and I could hear the noise of the bird 's wings .
5 The rain was still beating on the windows , and I could hear the wind in the trees .
6 Fastening my watch round my wrist I saw that it was after seven and I could hear the farm men clattering in the yard outside as they began their morning tasks .
7 Agnes looked timid and I could hear the old servant weeping in the scullery .
8 ‘ The landing was ablaze and I could hear the soldiers shouting downstairs .
9 When I looked then at first I could n't see , it was all — you know — black like inside my eyes , but I knew they were open and I could hear the kids yelling — and when I got up he was lying on the sofa , snoring — he must 've just dropped me and let me where I lie- ’ She stopped and Clare sat quietly waiting .
10 The window is open and I can hear the sound of the wind in the branches .
11 Birds call from the trees above and I can hear the distant sound of traffic on the main road , through the forest .
12 It 's five in the morning and I can hear the first cars swooshing through empty streets .
13 But I could hear the breathy snarl that Mala makes when she is about to hurt someone quite badly , and with it a menacing series of grunts that could only be Gharrgoyles .
14 No sign of Ward , but I could hear the murmur of voices from the direction of the stable block .
15 I was n't going that far today , but I could hear the bulldozer they used sometimes to spread the garbage around as it revved and pushed .
16 But I could hear the rest of them .
17 No school-children so far , but I can hear the first faint scrapes and slushing of householders beginning to clean their pavements , and the sound is strange and hard to recognise in the almost silent air , seeming as if it came from a long distance , a country sound in the wrong place .
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