Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] look [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was Pete in his class who really needed to shave twice a day , who had a deep voice and a very hairy chest , and he was a known bender ; and there was Stuart , who could n't look at a cloud or a diagram in TD lessons or even sometimes a house without seeing a version of the female anatomy , and lie was as smooth as a babe . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , ’ he hissed back at her , ‘ it need n't look like a hovel , if you 'd get off your big fat arse at times and do a bit of scrubbin' . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It need n't look like a hovel , ’ he had said , ‘ if you 'd get off your big fat arse at times and do a bit of scrubbin' . ’ |
| 4 | With that Honourable he could approach a ready Miss D'Arcy who would not look at a tradesman , a craftsman , let alone a common man whatever his industry or honesty . |
| 5 | I end up wanting to look thinner ; I 'd like to have a big nose because I am fed up with people telling me mine is ‘ cute' ; I 'd like to have naturally dark eyebrows and eyelashes , so I would n't look like a heroin addict without any make-up on ; straighter teeth , no spots and a better haircut . |
| 6 | If a few more of them had had children , legitimate or otherwise , they would n't look like a lot of dried-up old lemons . |
| 7 | ‘ More people now appreciate that you ca n't look at a relationship and say , ‘ It has n't got a hope ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ But I ca n't look after a baby on my own . |
| 9 | As she looked at the vast and busy canvas , Miss Hatherby sensed she was finding it difficult to take in and said , ‘ You know Constance , you can not look at a painting with the same eyes as you stare down Chollerton High Street . |