Example sentences of "i [vb mod] hear the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tantalisingly , at night , I might hear the plaintive hoot of a tawny owl somewhere in the trees , beyond my little world . |
| 2 | Below , I could hear the spasmodic tap-tapping of Minnie , his typewriter . |
| 3 | As I crouched in the slit trench in the semi-darkness I could hear the odd British shell that had been intended for the Germans but had dropped short in the orchard explode with a terrific roar close at hand , causing a shower of dirt to fall from the roof of the trench . |
| 4 | I could hear the young man 's hiccoughy laughter all over again , this time with more telling effect . |
| 5 | Through the open window I could hear the two younger ones laughing at Hareton 's coarse way of speaking . |
| 6 | Sometimes too , I could hear the distant sounds of other women , coughing or calling out to one another , laughing . |
| 7 | I could hear the Indian struggling in the back . |
| 8 | She and the children visited my house regularly at this period , so that I could hear the oldest boy , Ravi , read . |
| 9 | I could hear the rapid beat of his heart and him breathing all funny . |
| 10 | Agnes looked timid and I could hear the old servant weeping in the scullery . |
| 11 | I could hear the inverted commas . |
| 12 | I fancied I could hear the cold laughter of market traders and the chant of children 's games . |
| 13 | I could hear the excited mooing of innumerable cows . |
| 14 | Far , far away I could hear the slow , grinding sounds of traffic — but muffled , as if I were wearing earplugs . |
| 15 | I wondered if she 'd moved on to another place in the forest without saying anything , but when I stood perfectly still , I could hear the rhythmic scratching of her karaso from behind some trees , and the occasional tearing sound when she accidentally caught it in the undergrowth . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I could hear the characteristic groan in the lift shaft . |
| 18 | I could hear the little generator puttering away inside the central mound as I got closer , clearing the trees and looking across and down at where Andy stood . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I can hear the bouncing bed , moans , the gasps . |
| 21 | Birds call from the trees above and I can hear the distant sound of traffic on the main road , through the forest . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It 's five in the morning and I can hear the first cars swooshing through empty streets . |
| 24 | I can hear the two of them on the narrow stair outside , Summerchild placing his feet with ostentatious care on each step , bending his head rather further than is strictly necessary under the low ceiling , while Serafin demonstrates his effortless familiarity with such picturesque difficulties . |
| 25 | I can hear the little chaplain sniggering at me , the loathsome turd ! |