Example sentences of "they [verb] not hear [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Then , when they seemed not to hear him , he repeated it , stronger this time , commanding them .
2 Once they heard her say , ‘ But Harry , you ca n't keep on — ’ And then she must have put a hand over the mouthpiece , because they did not hear anything else until , suddenly , another voice spoke .
3 When I saw her go up Marcus 's path my heart was banging so loudly I 'm amazed they did n't hear me .
4 " Even if they did n't hear it , " Braden said .
5 I try , but they do n't hear me . ’
6 Rory , everybody 's up , they 're walking round the house , they 'll come out for a breath of air if they do n't hear you , even .
7 If they do n't hear anything else then they 'll regard it as a false alarm .
8 The bank automatically thinks he 's doing badly because they do n't hear anything from him .
9 They squealed with delight as though they had n't heard it a hundred times before .
10 and you know they had n't heard it all and
11 Clive wondered why they had not heard anything from downstairs .
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