Example sentences of "sound [prep] if [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , you sound as if you could do with a laugh . |
| 2 | " O.K. " I yawned , sounding as if I could take it or leave it . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Sounds as if they might have . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It sounds as if she could cope all right on her own . ’ |
| 7 | One of the engineers has fallen , and it sounds as if he may have broken his leg . |
| 8 | It certainly sounds as if he might have a peptic ulcer — especially as the pain is eased by milk . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ( ) . |
| 11 | And the Ode to Duty , with its opening lines sounds as if it might have been written by an Old Testament Prophet . |
| 12 | ‘ Eastern Europe ’ sounds as if it might include the unreforming Soviet Union . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Here was her chance to find out exactly what the police were up to — it sounded as if they might have a new lead . |
| 15 | It was very quiet in the kitchen except for the clock in the corner that ticked so loudly that it sounded as if it would burst out of its case . |