Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] look [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then it goes on to look at a second play , B , and the replies to that . |
| 2 | Alternatively– a messy jumble of pipes could actually be picked out to look like an interesting feature in its own right . |
| 3 | While Lee 's claims on Dickerson are evidently still large , perhaps he 'd better look for a new cinematographer now that his old pal has a director 's credit . |
| 4 | Well , anybody could see that the stupid bu er the way they 've he was made up to look like a forty year old and he still looked like a twenty year old ! |
| 5 | Well , I was wandering around looking for a rococo palace … ’ |
| 6 | The day drew on , and Tagan scouted ahead to look for a possible camping site . |
| 7 | The bar/restaurant near Union Station was dolled up to look like an English pub and doing it better than most London pubs did , to Maxim 's traditionalist eye . |
| 8 | In the corner there was a discreet datalink terminal got up to look like a '30s radiogram . |
| 9 | I hope Wilko cuts his losses with our Brian and then goes out to look for a decent striker . |
| 10 | More importantly , what might have initially looked like a lightweight novelty campaign group has grown and developed to become a full-time pressure group recognised as a leading authority on UK water pollution . |
| 11 | In Switzerland the gynaecologist would not let you put on too much weight because he was concerned that you 'd end up looking like an old cow and |
| 12 | He had come down to the gallery to join the houseparty , he thought simply to look at a new sculpture , before they all returned to the house for luncheon . |
| 13 | Now she did not look like a young girl , she looked like the sister of a count , and Maggie stepped into the breach swiftly . |
| 14 | She did not look like a happy woman . |
| 15 | She did not look like a predatory widow and she was no superannuated dolly-bird either ; she must have been fifty , she was on the plump side , clear skinned , with a frank , open face . |
| 16 | When Samuel arrived in England in 1939 , after a hazardous journey of two months , the country did not look like a safe place in which to live . |
| 17 | The last thing she needed tonight was Victoria swanning around looking like a juvenile femme fatale . |
| 18 | She did n't look like a great warrior , but Hawk sensed her strength immediately . |
| 19 | Yeah but it did n't look like a rubber tree . |
| 20 | Yet it did n't look like a photocopying machine . |
| 21 | ‘ You do n't look like a typical Tory woman to me , ’ he said . |
| 22 | ‘ You do n't look like a common whore to me . ’ |
| 23 | On the face of it , The Shamen ( bespectacled ex-indie rocker Colin , gabby geeky white rapper Mister C and part-time disco diva Jhelisa Anderson ) do n't look like an obvious pop proposition . |
| 24 | ‘ Why are you standing there looking like a startled deer ? |
| 25 | Well Sandy , we 've only looked at a few of the things in your shed and a very few of your photographs but it 's been fascinating . |
| 26 | As to the much discussed pearwood wall panels , Italo Rota explains : ‘ We were looking for a simple idea that would allow visitors who had already looked at a good many paintings to connect some of them with unfamiliar settings ; the art of memory tells us that it is easier to retain images in one 's head if one can link them to a specific space ’ . |
| 27 | Mr Major does not look like a prime minister with a secret agenda up his sleeve . |
| 28 | But America does not look like a disorganised company most of whose workers do not have a boss ; or at least it did not the last time it deserved worldwide respect . |
| 29 | Dr Tyrell stressed that the results do not mean that a similar vaccine can be made for HIV ‘ but at least the road now does not look like a dead end ’ . |
| 30 | Those setting out to look for a new home after April 4 will have the questionable benefit of the Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 , which comes into force on that day . |