Example sentences of "[pers pn] look [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the teacups has been chopped into little pieces but the other still has some water inside , which to me looks redder than it should . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've 'ad me bath , ’ she said , ‘ d' you like me looks better now , mister ? ’ |
| 3 | She is worried about me not eating , she is worried that my periods have stopped , that I look thinner and thinner , that my hair has gone dry and flat and rasps like paper when you touch it , but she also admires me . |
| 4 | Ann Jefferson , 26 , marketing executive ( left ) : ‘ I 'm naturally blonde but I think I look better as a brunette — I 'm absolutely stunned . |
| 5 | In fact , I look better now than I did at 20 and I 'm still pretty fit . |
| 6 | Do I look happier ? he said . |
| 7 | But things started to change when a friend mentioned that since I had lost a little weight whilst being away on a beach holiday with my boyfriend ( not deliberately , just through not eating much in the heat of Spain ) several people had said how I looked better . |
| 8 | I felt better , I looked better , I di I did n't feel , my skin was better , my hair come back , it was just marvellous for me ! |
| 9 | You did n't want them to look as well : you wanted them to look better . |
| 10 | Oh I I think I shall have to turn this one up a little Dad says it 's alright being long cos it makes me look taller well I do n't know about that what do you think ? |
| 11 | Mum said it makes me look younger . |
| 12 | It was pretty old and too small now , making me look skinnier than I was , but it would be all right for the trip . |
| 13 | St Ives had pencilled a little red spot at the corner of each eye , to make them look bigger . |
| 14 | Christine tends to buy designer clothes because , she says , although they are expensive , the way they are cut makes them look better from every angle . |
| 15 | Flimsy metal rails and plastic counters jar with the handsome Neo-classical forms of the galleries ; large panels have been built in the entrance of the three main galleries , blocking the views and making them look smaller , and because space is at a premium , the paintings are sometimes crowded together . |
| 16 | She looks thinner though . |
| 17 | Edith Cresson was 58 in January ; she is a grandmother but , judging by photographs taken at the outset of her long career , she looks better now than she did then . |
| 18 | ‘ Although Maureen seems to be kept busy driving after work and I think she looks better than she has for ages . ’ |
| 19 | She looks better too . |
| 20 | Yeah she 's pretty I mean like she looks better with brown hair though . |
| 21 | She lo she looks older . |
| 22 | She looks older than my mother . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm glad to see you looking happier , sir . ’ |
| 24 | Suppleness helps to keep you looking younger too as you will be able to move and walk better in later years . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's good for your face and keeps you looking younger . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You should always leave it loose like that — it makes you look softer , more feminine . |
| 27 | Did you look slimmer this morning when you looked at yourself sideways in the mirror ? |
| 28 | If you know that a slightly longer sweater will make you look slimmer and you want to look that way , it is up to you to examine the diagram before you knit and work accordingly . |
| 29 | Nick said , ‘ It must be nice to be so young that when you 're tired it only makes you look prettier . ’ |
| 30 | As you grow older the shape of the lipline becomes less defined ; using a lip pencil can make you look younger . |