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’ I said, my voice sounding a hell of a lot more confident that I am feeling
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’ he said sounding truly concerned … I suppose in a way my losing my job is a direct result of him taking me in for questioning … but the man was only doing his job
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’ I said, my words sounding daft even as I utter them
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’ Stephen replied, holding out the glass and sounding more himself
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"The five of the Kassikan," Vincef said, sounding like he was having to repeat for a dim-witted primary school child
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sounding board in the form of an objective third party?
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Sounding positive is all hollow echoes and bouncing sounds
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’ She said, kicking herself for sounding like the chairman at a public meeting, ‘I’ve invited you here in connection with … with Joris Lilwin … I think you knew him?’
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’ He went on, barely succeeding in sounding civil he changes the subject so quickly
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sounding the cross table descent that led to the vote,
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I have no wish to grow old, Berndt, it would not suit me and already I feel the heralds of limitation sounding their trumpets in my ears
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’ He said, affection and pride warring in his voice as he describes his home in detail - sounding not unlike an estate agent I once met when I was across in Bristol
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’ He said grinning at me – and sounding as though he is quoting from an instruction manual of some sort
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“She informed me the night before last that it was sounding more and more like a little girl
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’ His voice called, sounding as breathless as mine
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’ Berndt said, sounding distant – though that could just be my imagination
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’ I replied, sounding a hell of a lot calmer than I am feeling … where is this confidence coming from? We’ve only been going out for a matter of days and, here I am, more or less offering to have his children … He reaches over and squeezes my hand
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’ He said, his voice sounding a lot lighter than it had
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’ He said, sounding relieved
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‘Well, there’s nothing else for me to do, is there?’ she asked, sounding bored just as he would expect her to be
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he could open his mouth, a bell rang out, sounding distantly but
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Chrissie could hear her own breathing sounding loud in the stunned silence which swamped the room
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“What’s going on?” he asked, sounding peeved at the interruption
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“Oh?” she asked, sounding intrigued and looking at the doors to the boathouses on the far side
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He seemed to want to help, but systematically blocked learning anything about Tdeshi while sounding sorry that he didn’t know
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‘Sorry…’ he said, not sounding at all penitent
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He did so, sounding out each letter, getting the syllable together, seeing if it meant anything, then moving along to the next
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with pain, eyes closed, sounding much like a woman in the throes of labor
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His voice came through the speakers but sounding fainter, more like a
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" He commanded, sounding as if he’d lost the spark that was flying in the hall
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She regretted how she was sounding
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He’s thought this out,” Agent Johnson said, sounding
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No other logic-tuned instrument I've ever heard before would dare attempt an acoustic sounding note
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‘Trevor? Where are you?’ he said, sounding
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sounding ideas, not even if they have been around for a thousand
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" He smiled when he said that and hoped he was sounding sincere
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thalasses… that starts my line, ‘By the shore of the much sounding sea-’”
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"Who are you?" she asked him, sounding as if she had just met the man
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Zarko heard the gong sounding in the distance to announce the advent of the midday meal
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Young Aristides said it was a folded sounding rod, which means a long, marked stick that can divine the ocean’s depth
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No, of course a sword or staff or sounding rod is too heavy for anything less than a great tempest to lift
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He had almost reached her when she finally pulled the trigger, sounding off an ear-deafening blast that made her flinch and cower
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"You better start sounding some words, otherwise I'm going to lose my patience again" he warned her
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“Well, that wouldn’t really have changed anything – he’s still a Babylonian!” her aunt managed to say, sounding very disappointed
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“Nonsense!” replied the Professor, sounding most offended
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Baker?” he asked, sounding as if he had food in his mouth
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“Thank you,” he said, sounding more like a mature man, somehow, than a mere boy
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‘What have you two been doing?’ he said, sounding like the parent of two wayward teenage brothers
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For a few depressing seconds there was nothing but a faint hiss from the speaker, then suddenly a female voice replied, sounding slightly raspy through the speaker
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‘It can’t really be you,’ he said, sounding quite calm, but his heart was racing
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” added Kate, sounding happier than she had for days
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” said Chris as he tried lifting it upwards, but as he spoke there was a distinctly unhealthy sounding crack and it came free
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Inside the base hanger an alarm was sounding
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He knew he had to be careful what he said next, but he had to avoid sounding evasive
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‘I understand that perfectly well: we’re on the back foot,’ he said, sounding more petulant than he intended
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” As the CSM finished speaking the first shells of the naval bombardment whistled overhead sounding like a train going by
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There were no signs of an invasion, beyond the sounding of a klaxon and what Zardino had told Raiya of an unidentifiable security breach
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‘Most of us go through our lives not worrying about what's out there, the potential threat,’ she said, sounding less nervous than she feared
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The crack of lightning preceded it, sounding as though it hit one of the trees in the courtyard
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She felt guilty about sounding so abrupt
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As we marched along we could hear the dull thunder of the guns sounding from the front and then every now and again a bigger thud as the larger calibre guns took over
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„me," in the always frustrated hope of sounding sophisticated
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He began to shout orders to Kelderath and his men, sounding the charge
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The wolves had vanished into the wilderness, their cries still sounding in the distance all around
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They accused my government of sponsoring a terrorist attack,’ he said, sounding both indignant and solemn in careful measures
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“I’m so thirsty, Wil,” she said, sounding weak
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Terese exhaled audibly, sounding tense
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‘I’m trying to help you,’ Monique said, ethereal sounding
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“What are we to do about this serpent?” Flesh’ailer interjected, sounding a little nervous
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She told the cabby the name of an Italian sounding place and we were off on our little adventure for the evening
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" They could not understand how I could have such a black sounding name and no doubt wondered about my parent’s lineage
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“Thank you, young man,” she said, sounding a little relieved and hung up
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"Don't be silly," said Thistle, his voice sounding kind this time, and earnest
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Once clear of shallow water he kicked in the main ballast thrusters and took the Dawn down until she was running a few metres above the sea bed, the steady ping of the sonar sounding the way in his headset
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others as sounding like strange winds singing through the trees
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best offering was laid on the altar there used to come sounding through
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to keep back the tears, as he heard the crunching footsteps sounding
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All the lawyers regulate themselves with nice high sounding phrases to limit the fees allowed to charge but there is (always) a loop hole
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I contemplated sharing my invention and then voted against it for fear of sounding stupid
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‘I would love to be a fly on the wall watching you in all those games and on the river-rafting,’ she laughed a little, emitting a slight chuckle, actually sounding interested in what I was saying
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The voice had grown steadily stronger over the past few moons, sounding now as though someone were speaking to him from right inside his head
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1) What immediately comes to mind is the feminization of the priesthood (whatever became of manly priests?) 2) A sizeable minority of its parishioners who have gotten caught up in matters of ―conscience‖ sounding more often than not like Protestants rather than Catholics
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Without sounding obnoxious that means brains and experience
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Dark omens sounding the death knell of our Republic‘s ―pending‖ demise have been prophesied by doomsayers since its founding
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Like any African city there is a lot of people and noise – I once counted 45 car horns sounding in less than half a kilometre
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"East Enders is on in a minute," he said, sounding almost proud of the fact
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At the risk of sounding judgmental, I can‘t help feeling that, absent a moral imperative, however, many of my favorite‘s would have been prancing around in their birthday suits had they been given the opportunity to do so
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“For future reference, I’d rather not have you sitting in the room while I’m sleeping,” I said, sounding crankier than I intended
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“It’s not something you can choose,” he said, sounding more weary than angry as he stood
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His main contribution to his brother's administration was to be a sounding board and assistant within the cabinet, a buffer between his brother and other officials
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Disgusted with herself, she apologized for sounding negative
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What’s with you, anyhow? You’re sounding like an old mother hen lately
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Fortunately, Mama Adele seemed too focused on her tale, actually sounding a bit nostalgic:
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“Steve! Where the hell have you been?” asked Eileen turning around, sounding as if she were unable to believe the spectacle in front of her eyes
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“No, not really,” I said sounding rather morose
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Once back in control of his vehicle he began to race south towards Edinburgh using a map of the area he had memorised the previous day to the sound of horns rigging away sounding of their annoyance at him
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He rose from his chair and I saw him squint through his monocle, before grinning and saying to me, sounding exactly like a bad actor trying to do a German accent:
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It was at this stage that everyone heard a powerful blast followed a succession of loud explosions sounding off one after another
