Example sentences of "sound [prep] if [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made it sound as if there would never be any escape . |
| 2 | Now you sound as if you ca n't wait to get back there . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You sound as if you might be angered by my suggestion , ’ said the counsellor . |
| 4 | On the other hand , you sound as if you could do with a laugh . |
| 5 | " O.K. " I yawned , sounding as if I could take it or leave it . |
| 6 | ’ Yes Del , ’ she said , sounding as if she 'd be putting if she had lips . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Sounds as if they might have . |
| 9 | It sounds as if we could learn a great deal from Germany and Holland about , in the health service , erm because their systems by now by all statistical tests of mortality and illness and so on , seem to be doing a better job than ours . |
| 10 | Rachel sounds as if she 'll be sitting with a shawl around her shoulders when she 's 60 . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll be able to talk to her sooner or later , and it sounds as if she might actually be useful . |
| 12 | From what you 've told me , your mother sounds as if she might be just the right person for the job . ’ |
| 13 | It sounds as if she could cope all right on her own . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Besides , it sounds as if you might be glad of a spare pair of hands , unless … unless you 'd rather I kept out of the way , of course ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It sounds as if you will , ’ said Werewolf , looking around for something else to drink . |
| 16 | One of the engineers has fallen , and it sounds as if he may have broken his leg . |
| 17 | Yet another pianist — and one who also sounds as if he might list Herbie Hancock or Chick Corea as his most direct influences — is Kenny Kirkland ( b. 1957 ) with an eponymous album just released over here ( ) . |
| 18 | It certainly sounds as if he might have a peptic ulcer — especially as the pain is eased by milk . |
| 19 | Gustav need n't have been telling the truth about the Allies — though it sounds as if he might have been telling it about his wife . |
| 20 | ‘ Eastern Europe ’ sounds as if it might include the unreforming Soviet Union . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | And the Ode to Duty , with its opening lines sounds as if it might have been written by an Old Testament Prophet . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Height sounds as if it should be pronounced hate . |
| 27 | Sounds as if it should be double O it 's it 's J U I C E |
| 28 | It sounds as if it should have a K usually most words if you 're not sure and they start with a c sound put a C . |
| 29 | It always sounded as if one should have known , had been told before and was rather foolish to have forgotten . |
| 30 | Here was her chance to find out exactly what the police were up to — it sounded as if they might have a new lead . |