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1 Do not think that nothing is happening because you do not see yourself grow, or hear the whirr of the machinery.
2 I thought 'oh a shooting star' but it was massive and I could hear the whirr sound, she told the NZ Herald.
3 Very early in the morning I hear the whirr and rustle of eager wings, and the tap, tap, of little beaks upon the stone.
4 She had a fancy that if she strained her ears she might hear the whirr of the great dynamo that served this huge electric moon.
5 The moment he heard the whirr of the little alarm clock, he was up.
6 Most suddenly I heard the whirr of his hated reel, as he struck a fish.
7 Behind me I heard the whirr of the piano wire as Brown started the electric reel.
8 Once he heard the whirr of little wings.
9 Presently they heard the whirr of a motor.
10 A few minutes later we heard the whirr of a motor, and the buzz of excited voices.
11 As she mounted the garden steps to the house, she heard the whirr of a motor in the street.
12 On the morning of the fifth day the patient mentioned that he again heard the whirr during the night.
13 I heard the whirr of those gauzy wings; it was not to the flowers alone he told his story.
14 I had never before heard the whirr of so many bullets about me, and I cannot say that I enjoyed it.
15 I have seen men running along the streets, flattening themselves against a house whenever they heard the whirr of a shell.
16 A minute later we heard the whirr and slide of his car, and Hepatica, at the window, was returning his wave.
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