Example sentences of "do n't [verb] hear [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ 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 .
2 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 .
3 She did n't want to hear him say it ; it would only drive the pain she felt deeper into the heart .
4 She knew why he had come and what he would tell her , and she did n't want to hear it .
5 I had often wondered this myself , but I did n't want to hear it from her .
6 He did n't appear to hear me ; he was concentrating on what he was saying .
7 He did n't seem to hear her but kept repeating , ‘ All right .
8 But the other girl , engrossed in her search , did n't seem to hear her .
9 No more ! ’ she cried , but Travis did n't seem to hear her .
10 But she did n't seem to hear me .
11 The Thing did n't seem to hear him .
12 ‘ Who 's He ? ’ the oldest boy asked , but she did n't seem to hear him .
13 I saw him whisper something to Mrs Danby , but she did n't seem to hear him .
14 I do n't want to hear them . ’
15 I do n't want to hear 'em . ’
16 But if you do n't want to hear it … ’ he made as if to go but Herr Nordern took him by the elbow .
17 I shut the door behind me , because I do n't want to hear it crash as I walk down the path .
18 ‘ You mean you do n't want to hear it . ’
19 ‘ You do n't want to hear it ? ’
20 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 .
21 ‘ I do n't want to hear it .
22 ‘ I do n't want to hear it .
23 ‘ Because you do n't want to hear it , and I refuse to keep wasting my time ! ’
24 Ultimately , if people do n't want to hear you , they do n't want to know you .
25 I only know it has a very vulgar sound ; and I do n't want to hear you using it . ’ ’
26 Right , you 've got to make it sound really interesting , let me switch this thing off cos they do n't want to hear you read again I do n't suppose
27 tell us about breathing , no you 're not getting my voice on that thing he says , I , I do n't like hearing me voice and everything , and he threw it on the settee .
28 The Leader is sad , very sad , he 's near to tears that the opposition spokesman is so unkind about him and spreads such cruel lies ; his friends are even sorrier for him , they do n't like to hear him insulted and misunderstood .
29 ‘ I do n't like to hear you talk like that , Peggy .
30 And Bobby said he 's getting that age where he do n't like to hear it .
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