Example sentences of "[not/n't] look [det] " in BNC.

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1 I 've not looked this morning 's papers .
2 Not looking much of a hurry
3 I had hoped that the facts would make themselves so apparent that the motive could emerge in its own good time — but it 's not looking that way at all .
4 I was not looking that way !
5 Naylor , tall , dark , and not looking any sweeter , was right there towering over her .
6 The Poles did not look much of a side at all when they lost 3-0 at Wembley in June and , although they have improved since under new management , there is nothing in their results to suggest that they have recovered the standard of the team that put Sir Alf Ramsey 's England out of the World Cup in 1973 .
7 ‘ It may not look much but my profits are high .
8 It just does not look that way sometimes because there are as many as three times more losers than winners from the economic transformation .
9 The net result may be neutral as Mr Lamont claims , but it does not look that way to the casual viewer who may as a result end the day in a gloomier mood than he began .
10 A ND you resist all eye contact , remembering the words of barrister Caradog Morgan who earlier this year , in defending one Victoria Carrington , freelance insurance consultant accused of assaulting two fellow passengers because they had joggled her newspaper and dared to look at her right in the face , said , ‘ There is a convention on the Underground that people do not look each other in the eye . ’
11 It did not look enough but tight spells from John Carpenter , Phil Gill and Gary Pike put the pressure on and Leyland folded to 60 all out .
12 PLAYER : ( Bursts out ) We ca n't look each other in the face !
13 It did n't look much of a toy :
14 It did n't look much of a meal .
15 " It 's just that you do n't look much more than seventeen yourself . "
16 Do n't look much at all .
17 The thin , pink stalks do n't look all that exciting , but you should make the most of its fresh flavour .
18 ’ He did n't look all that reliable , ’ I said , less than soothingly .
19 ‘ You do n't look all that well yourself , ’ she told Andrew with uncharacteristic malice .
20 do n't look all that swollen does it ?
21 I mean it do n't look all that swollen does it ?
22 Ooh , do n't look all coy !
23 You get you do that to people yourself training the easiest way to do it is group and if they do n't know the answer you do n't look such a pratt do you ?
24 It was a rough job , but somehow it did n't look that different with the skin stretched over straw instead of ribs .
25 France will just about be able to hold them in the line-out if Roumat plays , but the so-called hard men in the pack do n't look that tough to me .
26 I ca n't look that bad , can I ?
27 I mean I spoke to Jane the other Sunday and I , I said to her you know , just be honest , I said I do n't care what you said , but just be honest and tell me how much you think I weigh , cos she does n't know how much I weigh and she thought I weighed about ten stone , I said well stick thirteen pounds on top of that , then you 'll be right , she could n't believe that I , that I weighed that much , so obviously it does n't look that bad and people at work , well they 've noticed that I 've lost weight , but they do n't say how much they think I weigh , so I do n't want come to them to sort of , have a , have a g have a guess of my weight .
28 She did n't look any different .
29 ( ‘ She does n't look any different , ’ muttered Jinny .
30 ‘ That child do n't look any too well , do she ? ’ she heard Mrs Parvis 's voice , far away at the end of the table .
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