Example sentences of "sound [prep] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | This type of noise is often from a diff and travels down the tubular propshaft to sound as if it comes from the gearbox and gets louder as the roadspeed increases . |
| 2 | ‘ A young friend of ours , ’ I said , trying to sound as if it was the most natural thing in the world that we should be sitting here , holding hands . |
| 3 | I asked , trying not to sound as if it were a matter of life and death . |
| 4 | Claudia said , trying to sound as if it were of no real interest to her . |
| 5 | Part of the problem is the HYPO , a fine orchestra which just does not sound as if it has lived with the piece in the way that the Gewandhaus Orchestra have ever since they gave the world première under Nikisch on December 30th 1884 . |
| 6 | ‘ No , but you make it sound as if it 's a bit tasteless . ’ |
| 7 | That does n't sound as if it 's on my schedule . ’ |
| 8 | You sound as if it 's all in a day 's work . |
| 9 | ‘ Lomax ! ’ she snapped , her voice sounding as if it came from inside a biscuit tin . |
| 10 | The best new piece of equipment at the Royal Welsh Show this week suitable for upland farming conditions sounded as if it should have four legs rather than four wheels . |
| 11 | A little earlier when they 'd listened to the Army vehicle 's wireless her hearing had been so acute that every syllable spoken sounded as if it were being shouted directly into her ear . |
| 12 | John and the rest of the room seemed to be miles away — even my own voice , when I produced it finally , sounded as if it were coming down a long-distance telephone . |
| 13 | Bernard 's voice sounded as if it was opening a fete , big-hearted and patronizing . |
| 14 | The American film-maker Maya Deren says somewhere that ‘ response should always precede analysis ’ , a remark which sounds as if it was made as an artist 's challenge to academic dryness and formalism . |
| 15 | This suspiciously hilarious incident sounds as if it had been polished in the telling , as many hooligan incidents are . |
| 16 | ‘ Eastern Europe ’ sounds as if it might include the unreforming Soviet Union . |
| 17 | But the speculation that Sycorax has to do with Colchian magic , because that was the land of the Coraxi , sounds as if it might be true . |
| 18 | Although this sounds as if it might be extremely uncomfortable , the cervix , like the vagina , is surprisingly poorly supplied with sensory nerve-endings , and a relaxed patient may be totally unaware that any samples are being taken from this site . |
| 19 | This additional information can be very useful indeed in saving the researcher from looking up an article which sounds as if it would be useful from the title , but which , in fact , is not relevant to one 's particular interest . |
| 20 | The order for maintenance sounds as if it is something which will be enforced in specie ; yet in fact there is neither good reason to believe this , nor any need for that to be done . |
| 21 | Howard Barker is described in the programme as a playwright ‘ known for his robust stance ’ — feet apart , biceps raised ? — ‘ against the tide of TV obsessed populist drama , ’ but the dialogue in A Hard Heart sounds as if it came from the violet-ink-filled pen of Oscar Wilde . |
| 22 | The Damsel certainly sounds as if it has gone blind through an undetermined infection . |
| 23 | And the Ode to Duty , with its opening lines sounds as if it might have been written by an Old Testament Prophet . |
| 24 | And it sounds as if it is the same for you . ’ |
| 25 | This gives the client a mention or two of his product name and , to the listener , it sounds as if it is a live interview at the local radio station . |
| 26 | Although this self-regulatory mechanism sounds as if it might be quite an effective constraint on the exercise of discretion by sentencers , in practice it is subject to a number of serious limitations . |
| 27 | The good news is that as none of your other fishes have shown any signs of disease it sounds as if it was something non-infectious , so that you should have nothing to worry about regarding their health . |
| 28 | Height sounds as if it should be pronounced hate . |
| 29 | Sounds as if it should be double O it 's it 's J U I C E |
| 30 | Oh it sounds as if it 's got like a K on it |