Example sentences of "the [adj] sound " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were one or two things that may concern them ( the scratchy sound of the orchestra for one ) , though nothing that should deter them from tuning in , for the singing was generally fine , with particularly good contributions from the basses ( Michael George and Peter Harvey ) , the soprano Nancy Argenta , the tenor Andrew Murgatroyd , the ‘ cantor ’ Nicholas Robertson and the choir itself , here expanded , of course , to The Twenty . |
| 2 | The hollow sounds of doors banging and footsteps receding echoed in her ears as she stepped inside the sparsely furnished room . |
| 3 | But within a couple of pages , it 's back to the hollow sound of random jottings . |
| 4 | The hollow sound was the beginning of the game , not the end . |
| 5 | The door snapped shut behind Duvall as he came , muffling the hideous sounds from below . |
| 6 | Alternatively , the joyous sound of bells may be ringing out the tune of 'Those beautiful red roses that once you gave me ’ , all over sunlit uplands — though I doubt that . |
| 7 | Could the subtle sound of a choir not benefit from this ? |
| 8 | Jane often saw Mervyn beginning to fall asleep , defenceless against the monotonous sound . |
| 9 | They had not stopped working as from the stairs Ralph could hear the monotonous sound of gushing water working away the flames which were becoming hotter and higher , burning everything in sight . |
| 10 | She felt his breath on her face , heard the low sound in his throat and knew that , in spite of the terrible confusion he aroused in her , she did n't want this moment to end . |
| 11 | She shifted again , trying to find some small amount of room to give her ease , and froze at the tormented sound of his voice . |
| 12 | That strange feeling gnawing at my heart , causing the booming sounds … was this an omen of disaster ? |
| 13 | Whole house starts to echo with the booming sound . |
| 14 | The operator has the choice of turning down one microphone — if for instance the class is working in groups and you only want to hear one group at a time — or of recording the combined sound of , say , teacher and student microphones on one audio track . |
| 15 | To me it 's one of the classic sounds , as is the vintage PAF humbucker … ’ |
| 16 | THE classic sounds of Vivaldi 's Four Season 's mingled with the clatter of cutlery in the canteen . |
| 17 | In some ways that was the classic sound that I had with Whitesnake , but that sound was n't usable in later , more AOR versions of either that band or even other things that I 've done ; all you can say is that it was right for that particular music . |
| 18 | They hear and understand the ultrasonic sounds that precede a noisy activity and respond appropriately before we have even realized that something unusual is going to happen . |
| 19 | As such , they enjoyed success early on with the ballad , ‘ Pictures Of Matchstick Men ’ , before opting for the chord-challenged sound — so beloved of their followers — which is typified by such seminal lieder as ‘ Caroline ’ , ‘ Down Down ’ , ‘ Whatever You Want' ’ and ‘ Rockin' All Over The World ’ . |
| 20 | The glistering sound of mud was still in the house when I woke , sitting up angrily , for I had not intended to sleep . |
| 21 | Ravel 's Chansons madecasses , though the music sweats with sultry southern heat , does not bathe one with the swirling sounds of his orchestral timbres . |
| 22 | The melodious sound and the forward motion ceased , and he was floating in a hazy limbo of silence , listening intently . |
| 23 | It is thought , for example , that the long and feathery antennae of male mosquitoes pick up the specific sound wave patterns generated by a female mosquito who is ready and willing for a sexual encounter . |
| 24 | Creggan had been afraid of almost everything when he first came — of the Men , of the strange sounds from the rest of the Zoo , of the people staring from the path that ran past the Cages . |
| 25 | She wanted to stand on the balcony and look out over the roofs , listen to the strange sounds and watch the cars and scooters rushing by in the street below . |
| 26 | Ellie queried , trying to copy the strange sounds that Feargal 's mother had made . |
| 27 | Many racist words are derived from the strange sounds made by foreigners . |
| 28 | To her ears the strange sound was very like a groan . |
| 29 | She remembered making the right sounds and moving like a puppet as the party began . |
| 30 | Oh you can say you understand , you feel sympathetic , make all the right sounds , but you ca n't know , there 's no way , not the sense of not belonging , of being in a group but always outside it , always different . |