Example sentences of "that sound like " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Semitic hieroglyphs ’ found in Peruvian jungle city Orthodox archaeologists are sceptical about a claim that sounds like a Hollywood dream . |
| 2 | ‘ From where I 'm lying that sounds like another woman saying , it 's me or her or else . ’ |
| 3 | It makes at the same time a characteristic noise that sounds like a burp . |
| 4 | In the early scenes she sometimes seems less like a human than a terrified wild animal , and she is in extraordinary form in her first public apppearance at Mrs Higgins 's tea party , moving with the stiffness of an automaton and speaking in a voice that sounds like a Martian after a course at the Berlitz . |
| 5 | There is something in his voice that sounds like regret ; he likes to be inside the minds of craftsmen of 400 years ago , making the furniture , building the house . |
| 6 | 1 Corinthians 13:4–8a gives a definition of love that sounds like a description of consideration and integrity personified . |
| 7 | Most people , if they can play something that sounds like something that they 've heard on a record , are in danger of falling into the trap of saying , ‘ A-ha ! |
| 8 | The real treat of the evening , however , is their version of Bowie 's ‘ She Shook Me Cold ’ where poppy nostalgia is transformed into something that sounds like the soundtrack for a Kenneth Anger movie . |
| 9 | Sadly not , as I had thought , a record by King Beer called ‘ Animals That Swim ’ , ‘ King Beer ’ is a slow sort of talking ballad that sounds like a posh Jonathan Richman having a muse and a chorus that arrives very late in the song indeed . |
| 10 | When they hear something that sounds like prey , they move their heads until the frequency is the same in both ears , then keep their heads exactly in position and fly straight towards the sound . |
| 11 | ‘ There 's one track that sounds like it was written by someone much older than me , someone with experience who 's married with three kids . ’ |
| 12 | And avoid anything that sounds like fighting — and anyone who looks dead . |
| 13 | Oh I did n't know that actually but er fine yes I mean er that sounds like a very good idea . |
| 14 | ‘ There 's one track that sounds like it was written by someone much older than me , someone with experience who 's married with three kids . ’ |
| 15 | well to be quite honest I mean th that sounds like good er justification as far as I 'm concerned for moving a moving her work to somebody else or moving her on to somebody else |
| 16 | and , and you , you have to say another word that sounds like it . |
| 17 | Mine do n't want to come at all , my dad said good god that sounds like a waste of time . |
| 18 | I still shudder at the memory of the only previous production I 've seen , which attempted to drag this 18th-century masterpiece kicking and screaming into the 20th century with the help of rap and reggae music and rewritten dialogue that sounded like a rejected Minder script . |
| 19 | This time there was a prolonged muttering that sounded like a complaint and the rags shook as though in anger . |
| 20 | And then she made a noise that sounded like Ho-Hum . |
| 21 | The rest were a maze of villages with names that sounded like the refrain for a pantomime song , villages whose lives were as far removed from those Manchester lives he had known for so long that it was as if they inhabited another planet . |
| 22 | So in September 1967 came ‘ wonderful ’ Radio One , with its patter and jingles that sounded like ads but were not ads . |
| 23 | She said , between sobs that seemed to tear her chest open , something that sounded like , ‘ All my fault He knew it could n't be that because it did n't make sense but there was no point in asking her what she had said because she was crying too hard She cried and cried and Nick sat and watched . |
| 24 | Then , ‘ Berridge 's ’ , he said , or something that sounded like that . |
| 25 | Taliesin murmured something that sounded like , ‘ All the riches of the world we shall lay at thy feet , ’ and Fribble , who felt that a note of practicality was called for , said , ‘ Be assured that we can pay your fee , ’ and Calatin looked pleased . |
| 26 | Then the gnarled , furry exters began pointing at her , chattering in their won dialect with guttural noises that sounded like laughter . |
| 27 | Ahead , a series of clattering bumps that sounded like wood falling against wood echoed through the trees ; no doubt Fernand was once more busy with the task of repairing the guard-rail . |
| 28 | And the thing that sounded like a telephone number — I wrote it down as soon as we got out of the attic — " One-x-nine-two-four " … |
| 29 | Then I read in a magazine about floristry courses at Chipchester College and decided that sounded like me . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll never moan about hard work again , Jacko , ’ I lied as I set off to make a packed audience laugh like drains , with a face the colour of one and stomach that sounded like one . |