Sentence examples for I usually heard from inspiring English sources

I usually heard it while walking out of Widener Library at lunchtime.

When I sat at my desk to write, I usually heard only the sounds of rural life: the bray of a mule, the wind in the walnut trees.

Mr. de Silva of Analytic Investors and his colleagues published their research in 2006, and he says that when he discussed the strategy with institutional clients before 2008, "I usually heard a dial tone after three minutes".

She had a lot of valuable insights from her experiences, and a unique take that was different to what I usually heard in leadership meetings or summits.

I usually heard about earthquakes and tsunamis in the impassionate texts of my history books or the monotonous words of my teachers, and I was never able to link their words with the all-too-real death and destruction I was now seeing on the screen.

I usually hear two reasons for not confronting China over its policies.

Here in Somerset I usually hear them as they fly overhead, uttering that distinctive, two-note "chis-ick" call – hence the nickname.

Like most moviegoers, I expect early-19th-century characters to speak in sentences more carefully and elaborately structured than the ones I usually hear, but my expectation may be an artifact of the recording technology then available.

"What I usually hear is, 'What about the good old days when we used to have these intimate dinners?' " Mr. McDonell said the selection of Mr. Brees was an easy one in a year when athletes were often overshadowed by celebrity and scandal.

(When I ask students early in the semester if they know a poem by heart, I usually hear the names Shel Silverstein and Dr. Seuss and occasionally Robert Frost. They often say that they can't memorize long poems, but then I ask them if they know the lyrics of "Gilligan's Island" or "The Brady Bunch," and my point is made).

I usually hear one student explain, the other one nod, but no real discussion.