Example sentences of "then she heard [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Just then she heard a familiar voice .
2 The silence held for a while and then she heard a low laugh that seemed to trace itself right down her spine too .
3 Then she heard a mysterious gurgling noise .
4 Then she heard a high , effusive whisper .
5 Then she heard an outer door close , and guessed that refreshment had been delivered .
6 Then she heard an enormous crash , a bomb exploding somewhere very near , a great roar of shattering glass and , after a moment 's stillness , screaming , ear-splitting , horrible screaming , from just over her head .
7 There was a moment 's silence , and then she heard an unfamiliar voice .
8 And then she heard the low whistle — once , twice , and a third time ; and while she lay frozen by terror into indecision , a yet more dreadful possibility occurred : what if Tristram were caught , and were led to believe that she had betrayed him ?
9 Then she heard the distinctive sounds of a loquacious Siamese cat , and a human voice raised in exasperation .
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