Example sentences of "[subord] heard [art] " in BNC.

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1 He sensed more than heard the scuffle of trainer shoes on concrete behind him and threw a casual glance over his shoulder .
2 Something had punched her chest ; she felt the refrigeration unit of her suit cut in , she felt rather than heard the tearing , rippling , screaming boom of the explosion .
3 Bernice felt rather than heard the two explosions , like a double heartbeat , and then the corridor was filled with flames .
4 She sensed rather than heard the collective sigh of relief that went up as her acceptance rang round the studio just a moment before the signature tune flowed through the headphones , signalling the end of the programme .
5 In the end Harper had sworn a sacred oath on the Holy Mother and on all the bleeding wounds of Christ that he would not go into battle , that he would remember he was a husband and a father , and that if he so much as heard a musket shot he would turn tail and run away .
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