Example sentences of "sound [prep] [conj] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked , trying not to sound as if it were a matter of life and death . |
| 2 | Claudia said , trying to sound as if it were of no real interest to her . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ No , but you make it sound as if it 's a bit tasteless . ’ |
| 5 | That does n't sound as if it 's on my schedule . ’ |
| 6 | You sound as if it 's all in a day 's work . |
| 7 | Bernard 's voice sounded as if it was opening a fete , big-hearted and patronizing . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | And it sounds as if it is the same for you . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | His voice sounds as if it is attempting to name the floors as he passes them . |
| 14 | But it sounds as if it 's paid off . |
| 15 | Sounds as if it 's just above us |
| 16 | Yes please , is the helicopter sounds as if it 's going to the hospital , oh yes , look there it is , ever so close , can you see it Tim ? |
| 17 | Cos it sounds as if it 's really good ! |
| 18 | But it sounds as if it 's a sort of family evening though does n't it ? |
| 19 | That 's sounds as if it 's pretty cheap . |
| 20 | Well , that sounds as if it 's the sort of thing that ought to happen . |
| 21 | And so , parents that may be listening , it sounds as if it 's up to you to provide the basic training to enable the schools to do their part . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The tune sounds as if it was dictated to Rose Fox by a three-year-old child . |
| 25 | It sounded as if it was meant . |
| 26 | She sounded as if it was something he was going to be pleased about . |
| 27 | It sounded as if it was somewhere up in the farm buildings . |
| 28 | The usual heavy roar of four Merlin engines was muted — it sounded as if it was limping . |