Indicative Present (simple): Bruno Delavigne often overhears his San Francisco staff debating which Delavigne Corporation fragrance smells the most like a bonfire.
Indicative Present progressive / continuous: The noseless perfumer is overhearing a heated argument between two interns about fragrance fire prevention protocols in the hallway outside his office.
Indicative Past (simple): Horatio Oléré overheard Bruno muttering his grandfather Xavier's name while staring at an old photograph from Montmartre.
Indicative Past progressive / continuous: Bruno was overhearing snippets of a conversation between fellow runners in Pamplona when a bull startled everyone into silence.
Indicative Present perfect (simple): The CEO has overheard enough boardroom gossip to fill an entire memoir about life at the Delavigne Corporation.
Indicative Present perfect progressive / continuous: Delavigne has been overhearing his surfing instructor's complaints about early-morning fog for weeks now, and he finds it oddly comforting.
Indicative Past perfect: Bruno had overheard his grandfather Xavier warning apprentices about fragrance explosions long before he truly understood the danger.
Indicative Past perfect progressive / continuous: The San Francisco staff had been overhearing Bruno's late-night phone calls to Horatio Oléré for months before anyone dared mention it.
Indicative Future: The bull-runner will likely overhear more colorful Spanish expressions in Pamplona this year than any language course could ever teach him.
Indicative Future progressive / continuous: This time tomorrow, Bruno will be overhearing environmental activists outside the Delavigne Corporation headquarters chanting slogans he quietly agrees with.
Indicative Future perfect: By the time Horatio arrives at the office, the grandson of Xavier will have overheard every detail of the surprise party being planned for him.
Indicative Future perfect progressive / continuous: By the end of the shareholders' gala, Bruno will have been overhearing murmured praise about the Delavigne Corporation's new eco-friendly line for a full three hours.
Conditional Simple: Bruno would overhear far fewer office secrets if his staff remembered that the CEO has unusually sharp hearing to compensate for his lost sense of smell.
Conditional Progressive: If he weren't out surfing off the San Francisco coast right now, the perfumer would be overhearing the very meeting Horatio warned him about.
Conditional Perfect: Bruno would have overheard the investors' concerns sooner if he hadn't stepped out to take a call from an environmental charity.
Conditional Perfect progressive: Without the noise of the Pamplona crowds, the Montmartre kid would have been overhearing the other runners' race strategy all morning.
Imperative Imperative: "Overhear this, Horatio — I don't care how loud the Delavigne Corporation gala gets, you are not canceling the fragrance fire prevention speech," Bruno said firmly.
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