Example sentences of "you [verb] [pers pn] sound " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , how like a fussy old woman you make me sound , an embroiderer , a jam-maker , a do-gooder . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You make me sound like an ogre . ’ |
| 3 | " You make me sound like a glaze . " |
| 4 | ‘ You make me sound like someone who spends their entire day in front of the nearest mirror and never travels without a cosmetic tray in their handbag . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You make me sound like some kind of tease — it was never that way — ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You make me sound like some kind of natural disaster . ’ |
| 7 | You make me sound like a Victorian governess ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You make me sound like some crazed nymphomaniac . |
| 9 | ‘ You make me sound like a package , ’ Caroline said angrily as she swung to face him . |
| 10 | ‘ You make him sound like a nut-case . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You make it sound like a war , ’ she said . |
| 12 | Meg protested : ‘ But you make it sound so easy . |
| 13 | ‘ But I 'm sure Wisconsin 's not as bad as you make it sound . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You make it sound like a game , ’ Chantal said angrily , ‘ with your talk of rules and negotiation . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ No , but you make it sound as if it 's a bit tasteless . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You make it sound sort of mechanical . ’ |
| 17 | You make it sound suave . |
| 18 | ‘ You make it sound quite fun , dear boy . |
| 19 | ‘ You make it sound as if I 've won a sweepstake ! ’ she said bitterly , still fighting to control her feelings . |
| 20 | ‘ You make it sound as if there was just me . |
| 21 | You make it sound like a kind of slavery , but it is n't like that at all . |
| 22 | Foucard said : ‘ You make it sound as though he is the most boring man in the world . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You make it sound like a hand grenade with the pin pulled out . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You make it sound so easy . ’ |
| 25 | You make it sound as though you cared about my welfare ! ’ |
| 26 | You make it sound as if we 're about eighty . |
| 27 | ‘ You make it sound as though we had a reasonable discussion , instead of which you threatened to throw me out — no matter what . |
| 28 | ‘ You make it sound very easy , Aunt , ’ she 'd said . |
| 29 | ‘ You make it sound like part of a publicity exercise , ’ she interrupted . |
| 30 | ‘ You make it sound like a mid-life career move . |