Example sentences of "look [prep] if [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for the farm butter , it is being borne away by the purchasers in the great baskets which look as if they might have been used by the Scarlet Pimpernel to smuggle refugee aristos out of Paris . |
| 2 | But as one commentator has remarked , ‘ the trouble is some of these directives look as if they may take until the 21st century to be adopted let alone implemented ’ . |
| 3 | Mick Jagger , David Mellor , Michael Winner , and many other middle-aged , ego-tripping men who look as if they 'd need a Zimmer frame to get a leg-up and a miracle to get it over . |
| 4 | LEE WEARS a shiny nylon jacket that 's on loan from the Sir Alf Ramsey estate , and cheesy sports pants that look as if they could walk home on their own . |
| 5 | Most Land Rover body panels will fit if they look as if they will fit . |
| 6 | Favourites look as if they will have a good run at Catterick with Royal Greek , Black Spur , James Joy and Pyjamas in particular . |
| 7 | But , when the times comes , his proposers look as if they will have an incontestable piece of evidence . |
| 8 | ‘ Bedtime — you look as if you 'll fall asleep where you sit at any moment . |
| 9 | ‘ You look as if you could do with a cup . ’ |
| 10 | You look as if you could do with a hot drink , and as a matter of fact , so could 1 . |
| 11 | ‘ You look as if you could do with a bit of help … ’ |
| 12 | Come on ; you look as if you could do with this coffee . ’ |
| 13 | You look as if you could do with collapsing on a sofa . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You both look as if you could use a stiff drink , ’ said Harris , softening the natural rasp of his voice with an almost paternal note of concern . |