Example sentences of "hear him [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Philip at first took no notice of what he said ; but when he heard him repeat the same thing several times , and saw he was greatly upset by the horse being sent away , eventually replied : ‘ Are you criticising those who are older than yourself , as if you knew more , and were better able to manage him than they ? ’
2 I despaired when I heard Sir Geoffrey Howe , who was Foreign Secretary at the time , speak at the Tory Party Conference in October and heard him repeat the same old stock phrase : Britain will never make a deal over its hostages in Lebanon .
3 For a moment she thought he was going to slam the phone down , then she heard him give a deep sigh .
4 God , he was so gorgeous … her hands were moving on to his strong thoat , thrusting into his black hair , she was losing her head again as the kiss deepened and she heard him give a low growl of harsh excitement , his mouth increasing the pressure until Rachel was obliterated by him , dazed , clutching him with shaking hands , gasping hoarsely against his mouth , feeling his strong hands move swiftly up to her breasts to stroke her nipples and force a long hoarse cry of exquisite desire from her .
5 This time she heard him use a rude word , and said out aloud , ‘ Oh , Michael , you should never say that . ’
6 She heard him close the front door gently behind him .
7 She heard him slam the front room door and went back into the bedroom .
8 You never heard him say a bad word or anything like that .
9 ‘ I never heard him say an unkind thing about anybody and I never heard anybody say an unkind thing about him . ’
10 I heard him question the Indian and I reached into the cat for the map which he had left on his seat .
11 There was a pause , and I heard him take a deep breath .
12 She heard him take a quick , sharp breath .
13 I could hear him whistling a long way behind .
14 She could hear him take a deep breath .
15 A month later a high-ranking army officer had heard him deliver the following verdict on integration : " They are not Provenals or Languedocians .
16 Why , why you know , I 've even heard him speak a little French ? ’
17 Cassie had heard many shades of emotion expressed by Johnny 's voice , indeed it was a powerful weapon and one he knew only too well how to use to good effect , but never had she heard him use the particular tone with which he now addressed his wife .
  Next page