Example sentences of "[vb past] heard him " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd heard him for a bit by then . |
| 2 | Philip did n't think he 'd heard him right . |
| 3 | But I 'd heard him . |
| 4 | I wondered if I 'd heard him right . |
| 5 | He could have saved John , but because he did n't want to look soft in front of all the important people who 'd heard him promise Herodias ' daughter whatever she wanted , Herod killed John as requested . |
| 6 | I did n't know what to say : I could n't believe that I 'd heard him correctly . |
| 7 | It was the first time they 'd heard him admit the Store was built by humans . |
| 8 | She 'd heard him at the glass door — a double knock , very light . |
| 9 | ‘ You would n't have thought so if you 'd heard him shouting after me as I ran away , ’ Sarah said . |
| 10 | I 'd never met him , but I 'd heard him speak once , and there was no doubt that he could move people . |
| 11 | If you 'd heard him talk about her when he 'd had a few you 'd think different . |
| 12 | ‘ What ? ’ she whispered , not entirely sure she 'd heard him right . |
| 13 | From what you 've told us , Mrs Craig , she 'd heard him come in . |
| 14 | She wondered at first if she 'd heard him right . |
| 15 | Someone said that they had heard him suggest that all guests should be breathalysed at the door , for Rush had the reputation locally for being a more than usually dedicated policeman . |
| 16 | And when they were espoused the King did them great honour , and gave them many noble gifts , and added to Rodrigo 's lands more than he had till then possessed : and he loved him greatly in his heart , because he saw that he was obedient to his commands , and for all that he had heard him say . |
| 17 | He had great respect for Palmerston , but ‘ after the speeches he had heard him deliver on this subject , he would be extremely sorry to obey his edicts on matters of taste ’ . |
| 18 | But Maggie had heard him draw notes out of it which rent the air with their sadness , and through his music she 'd seen a side of him he 'd kept hidden from the world . |
| 19 | When Nell did n't reply , he turned to see if she had heard him ; found her staring fixedly at the sign . |
| 20 | Tina looked up quickly , almost furtively , and he could n't make out whether she had heard him coming or not . |
| 21 | Dalgliesh , who had heard him at a police concert , never ceased to be surprised that so narrow a chest and so slight a frame could produce such a powerful organ-toned bass . |
| 22 | And , as Dalgliesh had heard him argue , for all their demands for equality of status and opportunity , putting them in the front line behind the riot shields , taking the petrol bombs , the hurled stones and now the bullets , only made the job of their male colleagues even more onerous . |
| 23 | It was the first time that most of his people had heard him speak . |
| 24 | Once you had heard him conduct the Leningrad Philharmonic , you could never forget things like that famous pianissimo — not just because it was soft , but because it was incredibly intensive . |
| 25 | She knew that dead people could be kept in this state because the man who lived next door to Mrs MacDonagh worked in an undertakers , and Ellie had heard him talking about it to Mrs MacDonagh . |
| 26 | She had stopped being so afraid once she had heard him talking to her mother . |
| 27 | He was fluent , learned , a man of books , and yet , she had heard him with her father on small points , as sharp as a tinker … too many false trails , too many different scents … as if he , too , were puzzling over his path … |
| 28 | If ‘ that bloody woman ’ had heard him utter such a curse , she would have ripped into him with a piece of her mind , then he would have whipped her with his tongue , then this sop of a man before him would have got between them , and afore you knew it , there would be a full-scale war waging — and in the heat of the moment he might foolishly betray his devious plans to boot the lot of them out of his house and out of his life . |
| 29 | When he was satisfied that he was all right and that no-one had heard him , he picked up the brown bag and moved into the safety of the trees . |
| 30 | It was the first time I had heard him play great music , and I was moved as I had been by the Bonnards ; moved in a different way , but still moved . |