Did he not hear hoof beats?

We have a saying in basic training: "If you hear hoof-beats, you look for horses, and not zebras".'

She cast another reassuring look down the darkening road, and strained her ear; but she could no longer hear hoof-beats.

At sunset Ursula heard hoof-beats and ran to the window.

I heard hoof beats to the north-east, behind us.

At that moment they heard hoofs and voices outside, the door burst open and Brinnarius entered.

Then he heard hoofs on the prairie overhead.

Susan heard hoof beats behind her and turned.

It was then that he heard hoof-beats in the darkness and one of his scouts calling.

'In my job, if I hear hoof-beats, I expect to see unicorns.'

Twice I thought I heard hoof-beats, and there was a chorus of barks from the rear of the house.

I fancy I hear hoofs.

"Peter," said Beverley -I heard hoof beats from both directions.

As I entered it, I heard hoof-strokes on the resounding boards, and a company of horsemen cantered toward me through the darkness.

Never had he felt so inadequate, and it was with the greatest relief that he heard hoof-beats a few hundred yards away.

Bud Lee, riding alone toward the Western Lumber Camp, turned in his saddle to glance back as he heard hoof-beats behind him.