Example sentences of "sound too " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , without the ecclesiastical aura , the passages of massively slow-moving melody , unadorned and sometimes unharmonised , can sound too plain and even too thin in texture . |
| 2 | With my guitar , I was trying to sound like Lightning Hopkins and John Lee Hooker and people like this , and we just thought … ‘ this sounds OK ’ , and it did n't sound too bad at the time . |
| 3 | ‘ That does n't sound too awful — or does it mean you 'll be in purdah ? ’ |
| 4 | From our point of view , this does n't sound too good . |
| 5 | ‘ You do n't sound too sure . ’ |
| 6 | It may sound too banal to talk about but I have n't owned anything that merited so much fussy concern from experts since I sold my 1964 Jaguar 340 . |
| 7 | Perhaps you think that Boy does not sound too beautiful to you , by which you mean he does not sound your type . |
| 8 | It was a question often put to her ; she was careful not to let the answer sound too glib . |
| 9 | But video films of fires carried out on the test rig suggest that alarms will sound too late . |
| 10 | ‘ Hullo , ’ said Catriona , hoping she did n't sound too relieved . |
| 11 | I had beaten so many of my idols that I hope it does n't sound too arrogant to say that I was proud of my performance . |
| 12 | DI 'd through a desk and recorded onto both DAT and cassette utilising the onboard amp simulator , the distortion could n't be described as amazing , but I presume this must be what people expect to hear these days , although to me it does n't sound too close to what you 'd get from a guitar amp . |
| 13 | He misses it the first time , but I 've written it exactly like he played it , because it does n't really sound too bad ! |
| 14 | An ambulance spokesman said : ‘ A clean cut is better to save the limb , but it was quite rough at the end so it does n't sound too good . ’ |
| 15 | I know that the sages often give conflicting advice , that the shrub or bush that you are about to prune looks nothing like the diagram in your hand , and as for the picture on the seed packet — well , enough said , but you do learn from their experience and your own what will and wo n't do well in your particular spot and even , if it does n't sound too fanciful , for your own particular temperament . |
| 16 | James and John left with our undying gratitude , and Nigel and I enjoyed — if it does n't sound too absurd — an idyllic week . |
| 17 | I hoped it would n't sound too much like an Oscar acceptance speech , but I was determined not to leave anyone out . |
| 18 | But they did n't sound too bad . |
| 19 | ‘ They did n't sound too bad at the airport , ’ said Angalo . |
| 20 | There is an ugly lump on his right fist and Thornton does n't sound too confident when asked whether it would stand up to a hard fight . |
| 21 | Your story would sound too ridiculous to be believed . |
| 22 | ‘ Does n't sound too potent . ’ |
| 23 | You 'll have to excuse me if I do n't sound too lucid at the moment , but I have stinking cold . |
| 24 | So far , what I say may not sound too shocking . |
| 25 | About individual differences , much of what I am saying here may not sound too bad , but many people will want to treat sex differences quite otherwise . |
| 26 | His tendency to look after the moment at the expense of the momentum can be a hindrance ; his thoroughness occasionally leans towards fussiness — and Janáček can sound too beautiful . |
| 27 | It did n't sound too hopeful . |
| 28 | This may not sound too drastic , but these overall figures do not do any kind of justice to the overcrowding problem . |
| 29 | that does n't sound too good . |
| 30 | Sorry if I did n't sound too keen at first . |