Example sentences of "know it sounds " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here the latter has been wanting : ‘ I know it sounds daft . |
| 2 | Here the latter has been wanting : ‘ I know it sounds daft . |
| 3 | ‘ I know it sounds crazy , Mark , ’ Muldoon said . |
| 4 | ‘ I know it sounds corny . |
| 5 | I know it sounds pathetic but at the time it gave me a bit of a fright . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I know it sounds bizarre to say that when someone has made an awful lot of money and had a lot of fame and adulation , but you can wreck their minds , you can wreck their self-ego and esteem by giving them the whole wrong picture of themselves by pretending they are good at one thing when they are not and boosting other things . |
| 7 | I know it sounds stupid , but I was trying to do all my sessions at the same speed I was used to at home . |
| 8 | I know it sounds absurd |
| 9 | I know it sounds as if I 'm being clever , but I felt then we 'd won . |
| 10 | I know it sounds like Hollywood , but I 've never felt so alone . |
| 11 | This wife stood by her afflicted husband and even expressed fears about what might happen if the firm were to remove him from his electronic friend : ‘ I know it sounds funny , but I 'm afraid that losing that computer may break his heart . ’ |
| 12 | I know it sounds a bit potty , but why should n't we do that ? |
| 13 | ‘ I know it sounds ridiculous but Henry — my husband — he did everything . |
| 14 | I know it sounds trite , but you 're so lucky to have your son . |
| 15 | I know it sounds nutty but I 've always been frightened of cranes . |
| 16 | I know it sounds nutty . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I know it sounds awful but I felt she would criticise what I did and how I looked or try to organise me . |
| 18 | I know it sounds like another made-up story — ’ |
| 19 | I know it sounds silly but I think Miss Hatherby is too interested in Constance . |
| 20 | I know it sounds daft , but the message is still , ‘ Use water wisely ’ . ’ |
| 21 | I know it sounds crazy , but even as I watched this little boy , Jimbo , I thought I could actually see a muscle quiver . |
| 22 | ‘ I know it sounds bad , Mickey , but he is my father-in-law … ’ |
| 23 | He was kind of looking down and twiddling his pen , you know … and I mean I know it sounds stupid , but I did n't mind , I think I knew anyway . |
| 24 | I know it sounds stupid , but it , like , made me feel better than if I just smoked a joint with it . |
| 25 | ‘ I know it sounds modest , ’ he concedes , ‘ but what we need is to do one thing well . |
| 26 | I know it sounds crackers but we preferred it , " said one of the pit brow lasses who started working at the pit when she was fourteen and finished when the women 's work was abolished after nationalisation . |
| 27 | I know it sounds corny but transmission really is a team effort involving both the editorial and technical staffs . |
| 28 | I know it sounds mad but I suddenly had an image of them doing it on the carpet in the office like a couple of dogs . ’ |
| 29 | I know it sounds a bit sick in the head , but it 's not , it 's not really sick … anybody who does daring things , they could n't suddenly stop doing them … |
| 30 | ‘ I know it sounds ridiculous , but the police officer would n't take any notice of her — ; he just thought she was being hysterical . |