Sitting up, he could hear a faint noise, strange and high.

At the end of an hour, he heard a faint noise, which increased.

At last I heard a faint noise from the entrance.

A faint noise came from the thing, but nothing else seemed to result.

There was a faint noise, and he turned back to face her.

It's rather like hearing a faint noise from your car.

He had heard a faint noise somewhere in the distance.

Then he heard a faint noise above them, and looked up himself.

Then all of them heard a noise, faint but clear.

I could only hear the faint noise of the engine at first.