Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] looked [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his blue Guernsey sweater he looked every bit an old sea dog . |
| 2 | She 'd never been a raving beauty , it was true , but at the moment she looked a wreck . |
| 3 | From his tweed jacket to his patterned brogues he looked the part perfectly : not the usual designer mix from expensive shops in Milan or Rome , but the real thing , as plain and heavy as Zen imagined the English climate , character and cuisine to be . |
| 4 | And from the pavement he looked a big , decently dressed young man , for his head and shoulders were well above the back of the seat . |
| 5 | ‘ O Lord ! ’ said Mrs Q. She looked a bit happier now . |
| 6 | When he did appear , just before opening night he looked an impressive figure in his expensive clothes . |
| 7 | That morning they parted under the trees , he never took her all the way to the gates , that would only have made things worse , that morning she looked the way she always looked , rings under her eyes and her whole body braced for the ordeal that lay ahead , how hard it was to leave her always , maybe that was why they always drew the parting out , sometimes it took minutes , just the saying goodbye , they backed away from each other , then stopped and called something out , then backed away again , they called out special words that they 'd made up , words to fill the distance between them , words for the things they could n't say , they backed away till he was under the trees or she was through the gates , whichever happened first , she looked the same way she always looked that morning , except for one thing , she had a clock tucked under her arm , the clock they 'd found together , the clock that did n't tick , the lonely clock . |
| 8 | Leicester continue to blow hot and cold , although one of the reasons they looked a little below par in their first game was because they were playing a Gloucester side that could be a dark horse for the title . |
| 9 | Well when it went three nothing I thought here we go , I 've got all my friends and family , you know , come and watch , you tell them what a good side they are , and last few games they looked a good side — three nothing down in fifteen minutes . |
| 10 | Like so many Victorians he looked the part , his face possessing an authority worthy of a minor prophet . |
| 11 | Caruth , out of the rink since last August , was slow to warm up but once he shook off the cobwebs he looked the winner all the way . |
| 12 | This time we looked a couple of yards short and won . ’ |
| 13 | Lowestoft College was not very eye catching , in fact it looked a dump but as they say ‘ never judge a book by its cover ’ . |
| 14 | On his massive head a mitre did not appear comic , and in gaiters and apron he looked every inch a bishop , with nothing fancy-dress about him . |