Example sentences of "sound [prep] [conj] it [verb] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ Lomax ! ’ she snapped , her voice sounding as if it came from inside a biscuit tin . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | This suspiciously hilarious incident sounds as if it had been polished in the telling , as many hooligan incidents are . |
| 6 | Oh it sounds as if it 's got like a K on it |
| 7 | Sounds as if it 's been managed . |
| 8 | That 's right , and , and the first act of the play is a rehearsal and it keeps stopping and the director keeps sort of straightening them out and they 're dealing with little problems , and when you 're actually rehearsing it you find yourself sort of repeating the play because it 's so ac Michael Frayn who wrote it has so accurately observed what happens er when you 're directing a play that er you find yourself re-enacting the play and , and suddenly find a discussion you 've just been having has part sounds as if it 's come out of the script . |
| 9 | The Damsel certainly sounds as if it has gone blind through an undetermined infection . |
| 10 | In a clipped French sentence that sounded as if it had been well rehearsed , she told Agathe that she may have lost the produce of her labour but she had not lost the fruit of her labours . |
| 11 | The radio was on , whatever it was that shrieked was at it full-blast , and from somewhere upstairs came music that sounded as if it proceeded from a violin . |