1.   Edward believed it when he heard the tale.

2.   After hearing the tale, police searched the grounds.

3.   Hall, a pleasant man prone to high blood pressure, turned absolutely crimson as he heard the tale.

4.   Harper, having heard that tale before, was skeptical.

5.   Helmbreck, when she heard this tale for the first time, was astonished.

6.   Hearing her tale, many of us murmured understanding.

7.   Hornsby must hear the tale eight times a week with a growing amazement and anger that will transfer to the audience almost by osmosis.

8.   I laughed out loud when I first heard that tale, probably because it breaks one of our last cultural taboos.

9.   I would allow as how I had heard that tale a few times, and then he would go right on and tell it again.