Example sentences of "[vb base] it sounds [adj] [coord] " in BNC.
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1 | I know it sounds pathetic but at the time it gave me a bit of a fright . ’ |
2 | I know it sounds nutty but I 've always been frightened of cranes . |
3 | ‘ I know it sounds ridiculous but Henry — my husband — he did everything . |
4 | I know it sounds unfeeling but to be blunt we ca n't go on much longer without any money coming in . |
5 | ‘ I know it sounds awful but I felt she would criticise what I did and how I looked or try to organise me . |
6 | 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 |
7 | ‘ 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 . |
8 | ‘ I know it sounds sentimental and kind of naff , but it 's quite moving to see a group of people working together like this . |
9 | I know it sounds corny but transmission really is a team effort involving both the editorial and technical staffs . |
10 | I know it sounds crackers but we preferred it , " said one of the pit brow lasses who started working at the pit when she was fourteen and finished when the women 's work was abolished after nationalisation . |
11 | I know it sounds silly but I think Miss Hatherby is too interested in Constance . |
12 | I know it sounds mad but I suddenly had an image of them doing it on the carpet in the office like a couple of dogs . ’ |
13 | So , yes , I think it sounds commonsense but |