Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] hear he [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | She did n't hear him come up from behind at all . |
2 | She had rarely heard him speak with such vehemence , never seen him so angry . |
3 | She had not heard him approach her . |
4 | I think I had not heard him cry for six years . |
5 | Lost in her condemnation of the two young men at the table , she had not heard him come in . |
6 | ‘ Hi , ’ said the Ukrainian doorman at the Airds ' building , using the sum of the English that I had ever heard him speak , apart from ‘ God bless , ’ ‘ Cab , sir ? , ’ and ‘ You bet your ass . ’ |
7 | But before he could get there Mister Johnny gave a high , piercing cry , quite unlike any sound Carrie had ever heard him make before , and flung himself on Frederick , arms flailing . |
8 | ‘ Well , maybe a bit too enthusiastic , ’ said Glastonbury : it was the harshest thing Amiss had ever heard him say . |
9 | He believed , and she had once heard him say , that eventually she would , naturally , come round to his way of thinking , and she had vowed to work harder at the study of English literature in order to learn enough words to refute him once and for all . |
10 | She 'd been so engrossed that she had n't heard him come in . |
11 | Creatures crowded round to hear him sing . |
12 | I had never heard him talk so much . |
13 | Jane had never heard him speak with such enthusiasm about anybody before . |
14 | Ruth had never heard him speak with any seriousness before , had hardly seen him without a smile on his face . |
15 | Lady Dawkins , who had never heard him speak before , surprised herself by her reaction when she heard him speak at the Albert Hall in January 1912 : |
16 | In fact , in all the time she had known him , she had never heard him swear before . |
17 | She had never heard him scream like it , the dreadful sound echoed back from the sides of the skip and his fists were hard as little rocks . |