Example sentences of "made it sound " in BNC.
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| 1 | He hated definitions of apostolic succession which made it sound as though a lot of laying on of hands from century to century was a bit of magic by which God preserves his Church . |
| 2 | Francesca made it sound like someone who came to clean the telephone . |
| 3 | Another director made it sound like a Faustian pact with the devil : ‘ You have to be careful not to lose your soul ’ , he whispered . |
| 4 | He made it sound as though the reason was obvious . |
| 5 | The accent made it sound a strange new game . |
| 6 | I had decided against Ecuador : people I had spoken to made it sound cosy , like Switzerland , and there was no easy way from it to Brazil . |
| 7 | He made it sound like a fortune , this extra $1.25 , it was only because he liked Jed so much , he did n't know what had come over him , maybe he had a fever , an extra $1.25 , it was madness . |
| 8 | he made it sound as if this was a perfectly sound reason for his dangerous and criminal behaviour . |
| 9 | Crowing over it to Theo he made it sound like a breakthrough . |
| 10 | She made it sound as if I was having a baby . |
| 11 | He made it sound quite an ordinary request and I did n't like to ask why . |
| 12 | ‘ But you made it sound like more than two ordeals . ’ |
| 13 | Having decided for themselves that the problem lay in the lack of will and determination on the part of the Indo-Chinese to join whole-heartedly with the French in resisting communism , the US had to obtain assurances from the French that a programme of French government will be developed ; national armies will be organized ; France will despatch sufficient additional armed forces to Indo-China to insure that the restoration of peace and internal security will be accomplished in accordance with the timetable of the overall military plan for Indo-China ( which made it sound more like a military parade than a war and that the French will eliminate their policy of colonialism . |
| 14 | I suppose that made it sound more businesslike . |
| 15 | The darkening river made it sound hollow . |
| 16 | She made it sound so complicated . |
| 17 | She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's not how Tucker made it sound . ’ |
| 19 | She made it sound like a public execution , Christina thought . |
| 20 | Dawson made it sound like a pincer-movement . |
| 21 | She made it sound French , pronouncing the word so that it rhymed with ‘ Vaseline ’ . |
| 22 | She made it sound as though this were something illegal . |
| 23 | Ward said it very quietly this time , but with an emphasis that made it sound like a threat . |
| 24 | He almost made it sound as if this was something that he 'd expect her to be proud of . |
| 25 | In a voice that made it sound like an article of faith , Christine said : ‘ We both know that your father did n't kill mine so why he was late and why he did n't tell the police about it does n't matter . ’ |
| 26 | Mrs Geary made it sound a quite unorthodox request . |
| 27 | He made it sound as though she had given his sermon to the messenger boy . |
| 28 | She made it sound very simple , as young people do ; and she had n't yet considered the implications for herself , Mr Stanforth reflected cynically , or she would not so blithely dismiss the matter of the inheritance . |
| 29 | Somehow he made it sound like a valid excuse . |
| 30 | It was her own phrase , but somehow the way he said it made it sound as if he kept a harem . |