Example sentences of "[vb base] sound [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hate to sound callous , but you brought this on yourself . ’ |
| 2 | I hate to sound sappy , but anything can make me cry , and I still get melancholy during the fall or when the sun goes down . |
| 3 | ‘ I hate to sound melodramatic , but I really think you should sit down before we have this discussion . ’ |
| 4 | What comes across is a spoken version of a written communication ; the words tend to sound stiff and formal . |
| 5 | ‘ A lot of them look up to the likes of Johnny Marr and say : ‘ That 's what I want to sound like ! ’ |
| 6 | If you want to sound persuasive , mirror the other person 's tone of voice . |
| 7 | Most amplifier/speaker setups begin to sound different as the volume increases . |
| 8 | never get to sound older than fifteen ) |
| 9 | Kill yourself at five miles an hour in a car I know sounds stupid ! |
| 10 | So I try to sound interested . |
| 11 | But before I start to sound self-righteous , I should tell you how much I enjoy my involvement . |
| 12 | There are French , Malayan , Indian and Spanish versions too , and some of them do sound good . |
| 13 | But the two communications from " Ella , typelifter " in 1886 do sound authentic and throw a little light on what women may have thought about the central issues here : their being employed as cheap labour and the question of skill . |
| 14 | ‘ You do sound serious . ’ |
| 15 | Yes so I I three and half I think sounds better than your four and half to five but we 'll |
| 16 | There are some very difficult passages which have to sound easy , and if they do n't , then the performer has missed the point . |
| 17 | But there 's a great many major , minor and diminished chords in T-Ride 's music that have to sound right . |
| 18 | They had other reservations , mostly of the sort that critics like to introduce when they have enjoyed something hugely but need to sound credible . |
| 19 | The old and lonely are very vulnerable , and if you have sounded detached , preoccupied , or hurried during the conversation they can easily feel hurt and rejected ; and that hurt can be like an emotional graze that will remain painful until you are able to see them again and heal it . |