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"ref": "1826, Robin Hood, (Please provide the book title or journal name)",
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"ref": "1877, The Sunday magazine",
"text": "In some incidental way he beheard him of the poor widow's difficulty, and at once the manhood in him asserted itself.",
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"ref": "1896, Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Dashiell, Scribner's magazine, Volume 20",
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"ref": "1897, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, The novels and tales of Robert Louis Stevenson",
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"ref": "1901, A Book of romantic ballads",
"text": "All that beheard his little footepage, As he watered his masters steed […]"
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"ref": "1911, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Brother Copas",
"text": "Or behear ye the sheep, to the husbanding rams how they bleat to the shade! Or behear ye the birds, at the Goddess' command how they sing unafraid!",
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"ref": "1923, H. P. Lovecraft, The Conservative",
"text": "A' this beheard a little footpage, Fast hid ahind a tree; An' he's awa' to seek his laird, Sae fast as he can hie.",
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"ref": "1972 August 26, Billboard",
"text": "He has a touch so precise yet delicate that it is a joy to behear.",
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"ref": "1978, Jazz",
"text": "We knew that feedback could affect the turntable/arm/cartridge resonances in ways unpleasant and unrealistic to behear. To our surprise, the Linn, compared against the est Japanese and European turntables, did sound better.",
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"ref": "1996, Musician",
"text": "His cymbal wash during the five songs taken from a live Swedish radio broadcast is a wonder to behear.",
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},
{
"ref": "2008, The Wire",
"text": "Still, this is a pretty joyous thing to behear.",
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"ref": "2012, Alan Goldsher, Modest Mouse",
"text": "They worked completely in unison, doubling the parts in a mirror-like fashion that was a sight to behold and a sound to behear.",
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"(transitive, chiefly dated) To give ear to; hear (intently); attend (to); pay attention or give heed to; listen to."
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"ref": "1897, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, The novels and tales of Robert Louis Stevenson",
"text": "\"The good Lord behear!\" he exclaimed, stood stock-still for a moment, and waddled off at top speed towards the back door. \"We must tell Aunt at once! […]\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1901, A Book of romantic ballads",
"text": "All that beheard his little footepage, As he watered his masters steed […]"
},
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"ref": "1911, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Brother Copas",
"text": "Or behear ye the sheep, to the husbanding rams how they bleat to the shade! Or behear ye the birds, at the Goddess' command how they sing unafraid!",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1923, H. P. Lovecraft, The Conservative",
"text": "A' this beheard a little footpage, Fast hid ahind a tree; An' he's awa' to seek his laird, Sae fast as he can hie.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1972 August 26, Billboard",
"text": "He has a touch so precise yet delicate that it is a joy to behear.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1978, Jazz",
"text": "We knew that feedback could affect the turntable/arm/cartridge resonances in ways unpleasant and unrealistic to behear. To our surprise, the Linn, compared against the est Japanese and European turntables, did sound better.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1996, Musician",
"text": "His cymbal wash during the five songs taken from a live Swedish radio broadcast is a wonder to behear.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2008, The Wire",
"text": "Still, this is a pretty joyous thing to behear.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Alan Goldsher, Modest Mouse",
"text": "They worked completely in unison, doubling the parts in a mirror-like fashion that was a sight to behold and a sound to behear.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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