Example sentences of "[vb base] it sound [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect it sounds silly to you . ’ |
| 2 | I 'd forgotten that was what I 'd picked a Gnat for in the first place It sounded horrible , coming from him . |
| 3 | The use of ‘ but ’ where common sense demands ‘ and ’ is symptomatic of a general malaise : the scriptwriters do n't think about the meaning of what they 've written , they just want it to sound pretty . |
| 4 | I know it sounds pathetic but at the time it gave me a bit of a fright . ’ |
| 5 | I know it sounds nutty but I 've always been frightened of cranes . |
| 6 | I know it sounds nutty . ’ |
| 7 | I know it sounds absurd |
| 8 | ‘ I know it sounds absurd , but please do it for me or I might go out of my mind again , and really smash the living daylights out of him ! ’ |
| 9 | I know it sounds stupid , but I was trying to do all my sessions at the same speed I was used to at home . |
| 10 | He was kind of looking down and twiddling his pen , you know … and I mean I know it sounds stupid , but I did n't mind , I think I knew anyway . |
| 11 | I know it sounds stupid , but it , like , made me feel better than if I just smoked a joint with it . |
| 12 | I know it sounds stupid , but I like |
| 13 | I know it sounds stupid , but I wanted to go . |
| 14 | Here the latter has been wanting : ‘ I know it sounds daft . |
| 15 | Here the latter has been wanting : ‘ I know it sounds daft . |
| 16 | I know it sounds daft , but the message is still , ‘ Use water wisely ’ . ’ |
| 17 | I know it sounds daft , but I needed a push from her , as it were , to get started . |
| 18 | I mean if , if it means that th th there 's less , there 's less people murdered or whatever then , I know it sounds easy |
| 19 | ‘ I know it sounds far-fetched , but I — I do n't know who I am , either . |
| 20 | I know it sounds trite , but you 're so lucky to have your son . |
| 21 | ‘ I know it sounds ridiculous but Henry — my husband — he did everything . |
| 22 | ‘ I know it sounds ridiculous , but the police officer would n't take any notice of her — ; he just thought she was being hysterical . |
| 23 | I know it sounds ridiculous , ’ muttered Hugh . |
| 24 | I just , I tell you what , I , I know it sounds nasty , but I am glad that Penny is some way has had something that has made her realised what that place was all about . |
| 25 | I know it sounds unfeeling but to be blunt we ca n't go on much longer without any money coming in . |
| 26 | ‘ I know it sounds awful but I felt she would criticise what I did and how I looked or try to organise me . |
| 27 | out , he says to me you 'll kill yourself , you always want to do something , but to be honest it 's worse for me to sit there and watch that , it 's more tiring because by the end of the night I 'm not tired or I 've been asleep all evening I , I 'm better to go out , I know it sounds awful but I do n't like being trapped , I do n't like being in because somebody seems to think I should be in |
| 28 | I said , oh I lo I love it , I lo , I said I know it sounds awful thought no more and then Shirley said to me when she 'd gone she said , she came up to me one day she said I wish to God he 'd stop that bloody noise , this time ! |
| 29 | ‘ I know it sounds terrible but I 'm awfully glad I had cancer it was the best thing that ever happened to me , ’ she said . |
| 30 | ‘ I know it sounds sentimental and kind of naff , but it 's quite moving to see a group of people working together like this . |