I heard an engine in the distance just before you went out.

Then I heard the sound of a large engine in the distance.

Five minutes later, he heard a jet in the distance.

Within minutes, he heard a sound in the distance and stopped dead, listening.

At some point she heard the sound of a car engine in the distance.

Before a quarter of an hour had passed a sound was heard in the distance.

Animals can be heard in the distance but are never shown.

Then they heard cars on the road far away in the distance.

Then they heard the sound of a car in the distance.

We heard the sound of the ambulance in the distance.