Sentence examples for had been sounds from inspiring English sources

Local reports suggested that the military surrounded a house in the city and there had been sounds of gunfire for much of the afternoon.

In fact, the alarm had been sounded long before.

It was claimed that Lisa Nandy, the shadow Energy Secretary, had been sounded out for the role.

Even before the lacrosse scandal, alarms had been sounded over the coarsening of undergraduate life.

They all began to act before the alarm had been sounded.

Earlier, the alarm bell that has rung too many times this season had been sounded by Sidwell after 19 minutes.

Mr. McDonough, who had been sound asleep in bed, rolled over and looked at the clock, which said 1 45.

Again, the RFU denied the former South Africa and Italy coach had been sounded out.

The alarm had been sounded.

We stood inside the gate, staring blankly at a family that had been sound asleep on cots in the courtyard.

On two other occasions, observers heard what might have been sounds of Ivory-billed Woodpeckers, but without visual confirmation.