Example sentences of "it sounded [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | It sounded like a real question . |
2 | Still , it sounded like a fascinating challenge , and she 'd never been to Sheffield before , so it would give her an opportunity to see another little bit of the world . |
3 | I remembered what he 'd told Mavis and me about the book and more than ever I thought it sounded like a good idea — the story of a man rationalizing his own lack of self-belief … |
4 | I thought it sounded like a good idea as it would give me a taster . |
5 | It sounded like a good win in the face of negative tactics . |
6 | It was no good my saying it sounded like a circumscribed area of peritonitis because I did n't know what was behind it |
7 | It sounded like a dangerous place , somewhere you could swiftly find yourself robbed , raped , or suddenly erased . |
8 | ‘ It sounded like a foreign language . ’ |
9 | It sounded like a veiled admission that she was romantically involved with her partner , and so be it . |
10 | It sounded like a natural question in the circumstances , but it was n't . |
11 | It sounded like a menacing version of my Amiga 500 . |
12 | ‘ It sounded like a full-scale nightmare from downstairs . ’ |
13 | I thought it sounded like a faulty needle but she said ‘ I 've changed I do n't know how many , all on the ribber bed , so I do n't think it 's that . ’ |
14 | It sounded like a remarkable vindication of the NHS in the face of all the disagreeable things that have been said about it recently . |