Example sentences of "[adv] hear [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have rarely heard him sound more relaxed . |
| 2 | She had rarely heard him speak with such vehemence , never seen him so angry . |
| 3 | One has rarely heard him sing with more authority , and never seen him so communicative , happy and funny . |
| 4 | He looks around for a moment , pleased as punch , then realizes that his fellow group members have all heard it a dozen times before . |
| 5 | We have all heard it many , many times . |
| 6 | I 've only heard me . |
| 7 | So I just get it cos I 've only heard you say that before I do n't actually really know what it meant . |
| 8 | It was a moment before Carson was able to place the researcher 's voice — after all , he 'd only heard it once before but he said , ‘ Yes , I 'm alone . |
| 9 | I 've only heard it once or twice in the last few |
| 10 | Dorothea had told Florence Ames the story of Gaily in the church twice before , and neither of them was yet tired of it , Dorothea because it pleased her friend so to hear it , and Florence because it pleased her that the man had been somehow vindicated , turned out to be as good as she had thought , and a friend . |
| 11 | It always gives me a twist inside to hear it . |
| 12 | Raymond is on the other side of the table , but near enough to hear me . |
| 13 | ‘ Go , ’ he responded , satisfied that no terrorist was near enough to hear him . |
| 14 | Sam did not answer her prayers because he was not near enough to hear them , having been set to work on the floor above , sweeping up . |
| 15 | Those people who went along to hear you play ‘ Heart Of Gold ’ on the ‘ Weld ’ tour got a blast of Sonic Youth , liberal idealists were shocked by your Reagan-supporting stance in the mid-'80s , your newly-won reactionary followers were soundly ticked off with the capitalist lambasting of ‘ Freedom ’ at the close of the decade … |
| 16 | He speaks very , very slowly , and you have to lean in to hear him . |
| 17 | In July 1674 , Richard Baxter was preaching in St. James 's Market House when the main beam , supporting the floor , creaked several times with the weight of the people who had crowded in to hear him . |
| 18 | His classes increased in size ; even visiting noblemen would drop in to hear him . |
| 19 | More might have tuned in to hear him but their radio sets were not powerful enough to pick up the German stations broadcasting in English . |
| 20 | I once governed you [ for so she thinks ] and you did as I wanted , you let me deliver Dulé , my wonder , my child , a hero to our people , from death by water , I healed the barren and the sick and granted the silly dreams of lovers , and much other magic besides , so HEAR ME NOW , now that I only hear groans and Dulé hobbles on slit ankles as he rails and Ariel is captive again and croons over Roukoubé and does not speak . |
| 21 | It 's alive so hear it yourself , |
| 22 | We had after all all heard it before , it was n't as if this number actually needed any introduction . |
| 23 | Are there occasions when there are other opportunities for kids to meet university people , perhaps hear them speak about their subjects ? |
| 24 | ‘ I did n't hear anything about pictures , I only heard you threatening to kill her . ’ |
| 25 | Even though he only heard it through his right ear . |
| 26 | Peter not only hears it on this occasion but several times in the future , as the book of Acts shows . |
| 27 | But then again , we can only hear them at the moment , but there are six of them . |
| 28 | Perhaps they bugged a dozen other people as well but they 'd only hear you and me talking about naming names on her bug . |
| 29 | I can only hear it at home really , this thing she 's |
| 30 | Santiaguito , which was a complex of four distinct domes joined on to one another in a single elongate ridge , is rarely quiet for long , and one can literally hear it growing , because there is an almost continual rattle of small stones and rocks falling from the higher parts down on to the scree slopes below it . |