Example sentences of "do not [verb] hear [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Its length was entirely related to the fact that it contained good news and , once again , Opposition Members did not want to hear it .
2 And when he passed me I did not like to look at his face because it was dark like the shadows of the hill , and when he reached the door he laughed and I did not like to hear him laugh , and when he reached the yard he stopped because Beuno was there and he said to him , ‘ She 'll be all right now .
3 He did not seem to hear her .
4 Tutilo did not seem to hear her .
5 She did not seem to hear me .
6 She did not seem to hear me .
7 She did not seem to hear him .
8 She did not seem to hear him .
9 ‘ So he got me a few gigs round the Irish pubs , and I had to learn off some traditional Irish ballads quickly for the sort of audiences you got there certainly did n't want to hear me singing songs by James Taylor or Simon and Garfunkel .
10 She did n't want to hear what he would say , did n't want to compound this foolishness with more folly , did n't want to hear him gloat at her easy capitulation .
11 She did n't want to hear him say it ; it would only drive the pain she felt deeper into the heart .
12 She knew why he had come and what he would tell her , and she did n't want to hear it .
13 I had often wondered this myself , but I did n't want to hear it from her .
14 He did n't appear to hear me ; he was concentrating on what he was saying .
15 He did n't seem to hear her but kept repeating , ‘ All right .
16 But the other girl , engrossed in her search , did n't seem to hear her .
17 No more ! ’ she cried , but Travis did n't seem to hear her .
18 But she did n't seem to hear me .
19 The Thing did n't seem to hear him .
20 ‘ Who 's He ? ’ the oldest boy asked , but she did n't seem to hear him .
21 I saw him whisper something to Mrs Danby , but she did n't seem to hear him .
22 I do n't want to hear them . ’
23 I do n't want to hear 'em . ’
24 But if you do n't want to hear it … ’ he made as if to go but Herr Nordern took him by the elbow .
25 I shut the door behind me , because I do n't want to hear it crash as I walk down the path .
26 ‘ You mean you do n't want to hear it . ’
27 ‘ You do n't want to hear it ? ’
28 It 's all water under the bridge ; you do n't want to hear it — I 'm sorry if you feel I 've been unfair to you .
29 ‘ I do n't want to hear it .
30 ‘ I do n't want to hear it .
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