Example sentences of "sound as if [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want to sound as if I have n't got sympathy with people 'cause I know it 's bloody hard , but I know a lot of blacks who use it [ blackness ] as an excuse and we 've got to be careful that we do n't use it like that . |
| 2 | One very quick point , sorry erm I do n't want to sound as if I feel I can but er I welcome your comment at the beginning the condition be be left out on what 's going on because I thought this was actually the key function of this committee and I mean I see these are being decision has been taken . |
| 3 | Do n't get me wrong , I like flashy bass playing and it would be wrong for me to sound as if I did n't approve ; it 's just that these kind of situations are always a trade-off . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I wondered if she really felt strongly about this or if it was just a habit to sound as if she did . |
| 6 | He spoke very shrewdly and at alarming speed , in a low voice that seemed to come from elsewhere ; though his lips might be moving in front of Arthur , the shafts of help would sound as if they came from the wings or the orchestra pit . |
| 7 | I 'd recorded some background music for her too and it did n't sound as if she 'd added to her collection . |
| 8 | I mean , it did n't sound as if she had plans to go off with someone else . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It does n't sound as if she 's got much spare time . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ You make it sound as if I 've won a sweepstake ! ’ she said bitterly , still fighting to control her feelings . |
| 12 | No you do n't sound as if you 've got |
| 13 | Do n't keep using expressions such as ‘ You know ’ , ‘ Like ’ , ‘ Er … ’ or ‘ Um … ’ — they all make it sound as if you do n't really know what you 're talking about . |
| 14 | ‘ It does n't sound as if you liked him that much . ’ |
| 15 | From all accounts he did n't sound as if he had the spunk to be a murderer . |
| 16 | It was her own phrase , but somehow the way he said it made it sound as if he kept a harem . |
| 17 | I make it sound as if he finds it easy … . |
| 18 | It sounds , it sounds odd saying , oh my husband 's just renewed his , it makes it sound as if he has n't had a P S V erm licence for a while . |
| 19 | Bon Jovi never did dirty their songs with real spunk , anger or despair , on in fact any emotion that was n't packaged up in stadium size , third-hand slogans with melodies so open and bare they sound as if they 've caught sunstroke in the New Jersey heat , and nothing 's changed . |
| 20 | " You sound as if you 'd done it before , " said Anna . |
| 21 | ‘ You sound as if you 've got a bit of a toothache , that 's all . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Why , Alice , ’ Harry said , staring at her curiously , ‘ you sound as if you 've fallen in love with someone you ca n't have . |
| 23 | He whispered , ‘ You sound as if you 've got a dreadful cold . |
| 24 | Stella said , ‘ You sound as if you 've met before . ’ |
| 25 | In fact you sound as if you 've hardly a minute to yourself between looking after the grandchildren and caring for your husband . |
| 26 | ‘ You sound as if you 've an axe to grind there , Mr Malpass . ’ |
| 27 | Aside from six months of celibate desire , three bottles of wine with the greatest drag queen in the world , a won't-be-shrugged-off resentment that only now you sound as if you care ? |
| 28 | ‘ You actually sound as if you care about what happens to the men who undergo this operation . ’ |
| 29 | " You sound as if you think I did it all on purpose , " she said . |
| 30 | ‘ You sound as if you do n't like him much . ’ |